In Search of My Queer Fathers (In Response to Bishop Eddie Long)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7459240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Patrick Johnson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 124-127 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708613512266 |
| OpenAlex | W2144833761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This poetic meditation engages homosexuality as pathology and inherited “disease” as propagated by some factions of the Black church. Reinterpreting the notion of genealogical “inheritance” the author pays tribute to his queer ancestors, tracing a legacy of racial and sexual struggle and how the two are imbricated. At the same time, the meditation points to the hypocrisy of Black clergy who always already carry within them a part of the Black queer
Art · Art history · Homosexuality · Hypocrisy · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Meditation · Queer · Sociology · Theology · Tribute · Latin American and Latino Studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices · Gender Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |