Blasphemous art?: religion, gender and sexuality in arts and popular culture

Contents

Part I. Bodies -- 1. Do We Need to Talk About My Uterus? Some Thoughts on What Makes for a Blasphemous Menopause Narrative / Megan Milota -- 2. In/Decent Black Theology in South African Poetry: Reimagining Jesus Christ, Sexuality, Race and HIV / Adriaan Van Klinken -- 3. 'You Do Not Have To Burn Anymore': The Witch Of Almen as a Grounds for Constructive Feminist Theology / Mariecke van den Berg -- Part 2. Stories -- 4. Resisting Dehumanization: A Feminist Reading of Iconoclashes in Ukrainian War Art / Heleen Zorgdrager -- 5. Mendacity as Blasphemy: Storytelling and the Making of Religious/LGBTQ+ Jewish Identities / Orit Avishai -- 6. (Losing) Faith, Intimacy and the Gendered Religion-Race-Secularity Nexus in Stories by Women of Islamic Backgrounds / Nella van den Brandt -- Part 3. Performances -- 7. 'I'm Just a Vessel': Sex and the Sacred in South African Cape Flats Theatre / Megan Robertson -- 8. 'Your God Made Me This Way': Religion, Race and Queer Love in the Drama Series Pose / Lieke L. Schrijvers -- 9. 'The Only Orthodox Jewish Woman in British Stand-Up Comedy': Marginality, Relatability and Popular Culture in Rachel Creeger's Pray It Forward! / Lucy Spoliar -- 10. This Barbie Can Walk on Water! Longing for a Feminist Messiah in the Cinema / Margaretha A. Van Es.