religion, activism, and serious parody
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wilcox, Melissa M.
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- VS 8 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- rooms-katholicisme, religieuzen, homoseksualiteit, maatschappelijk werk, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Book about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an order of nuns known as “twenty-first century queer nuns”. In 1979 three gay men donned retired Roman Catholic nuns’ habits and visited San Francisco’s gay Castro district. Because of the positive reactions they received, they considered whether the habits might be applied to social justice work leading to the founding of the order. Today the Sisters offer support and protest on behalf of queer communities all over the world. The book considers the role of the Sisters in queer culture and the religious landscape. The Sisters both mystify nuns and argue seriously that they are nuns, adopting an innovative approach like a serious parody. Shown is that through the use of this strategy the Sisters are able to offer an effective approach to community-based activism.