Author : Angelia Wilson
Release : 2000-01-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 509/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Below the Belt by : Angelia Wilson
Download or read book Below the Belt written by Angelia Wilson. This book was released on 2000-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.