Baby, You Are My Religion
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-36929-0 (ISBN)
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Drawing on more than 100 oral histories, Marie Cartier reveals how lesbian bars from the 1940s to the 1980s functioned as sacred spaces – churches in exile – for women cast out of traditional religion. Through these testimonies, Cartier situates the lesbian bar as a site of ritual, community, and spiritual resistance, where queer women fought to form community, forge family, and survive against the odds. This second edition expands on the original research with a new foreword and afterword addressing the disappearance of lesbian bars and the continuing need for sacred queer space post-millennium. Blending cultural history, feminist spirituality, and theology, the book introduces theelogy – a theology grounded in “thee” elevating community ties to the sacred.
Baby, You Are My Religion is ideal for scholars and students of queer studies, women’s history, theology, and religious studies, offering a framework for understanding how lesbian experience shaped the very foundations of queer spiritual thought.
Marie Cartier is a scholar, writer and artist whose work explores the intersections of religion, gender, and queer culture and history. She lectures in Gender and Women’s Studies and also Queer Studies at California State University, Northridge. She is the co-producer of a documentary by the same name and of the podcast #DykeDive.
Acknowledgements Preface: Myrna’s Story Preface 2nd ed.: #OrlandoStrong: Yes, Baby, the Gay Bar is Still Our Church 1. It was the only place Part I: The Stories 2. The 1940s “Thank God the Japanese Surrendered” 3. The 1950s “I should have made a list of my girlfriends.” 4. The 1960s “It Was … Hollywood! We did a Girlfriend … Daisy Chain!” 5. The 1970s “We were …Women in Overalls Dancing with Women in Overalls. They Kicked us Out.” 6. The 1980s “I Really did Think i was Jess from Stone Butch Blues Reincarnated.” Part II: Sacred Space Context 7. What Came Before 8. Braiding Theology Part III: Thee-logy: The Lesbian Bar as Sacred 9. Experience is Primary 10. What is Theelogy? 11. Four Tenets of Theelogy 12. Conclusion…Last Call! Afterword 2nd ed: Saving the Hershee Bar and Why Lesbian Bars Matter Appendix A: Demographics Breakout Data Appendix B: Sources Appendix C: Timeline: Significant LGBTQ+ events with Lesbian Bar History Bibliography. Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 29 Halftones, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-36929-2 / 1138369292 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-36929-0 / 9781138369290 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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