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A participatory inquiry into cultural and religious discourses that either silence or promote gay voices

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dc.contributor.advisor Roux, J.P. (Dr.) en
dc.contributor.advisor Wolfaardt, J.A. (Prof.) en
dc.contributor.author Otto, Paul Bernard en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T10:51:04Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T10:51:04Z
dc.date.issued 2009-08-25T10:51:04Z
dc.date.submitted 2003-11-30 en
dc.identifier.citation Otto, Paul Bernard (2009) A participatory inquiry into cultural and religious discourses that either silence or promote gay voices, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1257> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1257
dc.description.abstract This study is an inquiry into discourses which influence gay people's lives. Foucault's ideas regarding knowledge, power, discipline, discourse and sexuality form the epistemological background enabling a social constructivist-deconstructive analysis of these concepts in relation to the problem of homosexuality. The theological origins of influential discourses form the focus of one chapter. Additional discursive fields - such as psychology, education, the military and legislature - are also investigated. Besides the research initiator, three other participants shared their experiences of being gay in a conservative religious context. The narrative analysis spawned five themes of discourse ranging from homophobic discourses - which invite oppression into silence - through reverse-discourse, to those discourses which encourage free expression of gayness. The study seems to support a Foucauldian view that there are various influential power-relations which contest for the right to define human sexuality. Judging from the study, homosexuals do not appear to be powerless or completely silenced at all. en
dc.format.extent 1 online reseource (vi, 170 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Homosexuality en
dc.subject Homophobia en
dc.subject Post-modern en
dc.subject Discourse en
dc.subject Narrative analysis en
dc.subject Participatory research en
dc.subject Theology en
dc.subject Foucault en
dc.subject.ddc 261.835766
dc.subject.lcsh Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity
dc.subject.lcsh Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity
dc.subject.lcsh Religion and culture
dc.title A participatory inquiry into cultural and religious discourses that either silence or promote gay voices en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology en
dc.description.degree MTH - SPEC PAST THERAPY en


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