Below the Belt : Religion, Sexuality and Politics in the Rural South (9780304335503)

Alternative lifestyles are anathema to the inhabitants of rural areas of the Bible Belt. Even gays and lesbians themselves resist the notions of community and self-identification espoused by city queers. As Wilson demonstrates, it is the combination of internalized self-hatred, the influence of the right-wing Republicans and religious fervor, together with the hatred, fear, and suspicion aroused by the intervention of gay and lesbian activists from urban areas, that determine the tenor of gay life in the American rural South. A series of shocking interviews with local religious leaders and medical experts whose opinions shape local discourse in sexuality, abortion, feminiosm, and AIDS are the foundation for this revelatory study.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 184 pages
• Dimensions 138 x 216 x 14.73mm | 300g
• Publication date 01 Jan 2000
• Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0304335509
• ISBN13 9780304335503

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