The Lonely Letters:
In The Lonely Letters, A tells Moth: "Writing about and thinking with joy is what sustains me, daily. It nourishes me. I do not write about joy primarily because I always have it. I write about joy, Black joy, because I want to generate it, I want it to emerge, I want to participate in its cons...
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Zusammenfassung: | In The Lonely Letters, A tells Moth: "Writing about and thinking with joy is what sustains me, daily. It nourishes me. I do not write about joy primarily because I always have it. I write about joy, Black joy, because I want to generate it, I want it to emerge, I want to participate in its constant unfolding." But alongside joy, A admits to Moth, come loneliness, exclusion, and unfulfilled desire. The Lonely Letters is an epistolary blackqueer critique of the normative world in which Ashon T. Crawley-writing as A-meditates on the interrelation of blackqueer life, sounds of the Black church, theology, mysticism, and love. Throughout his letters, A explores blackness and queerness in the musical and embodied experience of Blackpentecostal spaces and the potential for platonic and erotic connection in a world that conspires against blackqueer life. Both a rigorous study and a performance, The Lonely Letters gestures toward understanding the capacity for what we study to work on us, to transform us, and to change how we inhabit the world |
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spelling | Crawley, Ashon Verfasser (DE-588)1054196079 aut The Lonely Letters Ashon T. Crawley Durham Duke University Press [2020] © 2020 1 Online-Ressource (270 Seiten) Illustrationen txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier In The Lonely Letters, A tells Moth: "Writing about and thinking with joy is what sustains me, daily. It nourishes me. I do not write about joy primarily because I always have it. I write about joy, Black joy, because I want to generate it, I want it to emerge, I want to participate in its constant unfolding." But alongside joy, A admits to Moth, come loneliness, exclusion, and unfulfilled desire. The Lonely Letters is an epistolary blackqueer critique of the normative world in which Ashon T. Crawley-writing as A-meditates on the interrelation of blackqueer life, sounds of the Black church, theology, mysticism, and love. Throughout his letters, A explores blackness and queerness in the musical and embodied experience of Blackpentecostal spaces and the potential for platonic and erotic connection in a world that conspires against blackqueer life. Both a rigorous study and a performance, The Lonely Letters gestures toward understanding the capacity for what we study to work on us, to transform us, and to change how we inhabit the world SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) bisacsh African American Pentecostal churches Social aspects African American Pentecostals Biography African American sexual minorities Religious life African Americans Race identity Church music African American churches Experience (Religion) Loneliness Religious aspects Christianity LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze Theologie (DE-588)4053779-1 gnd rswk-swf Religiöse Erfahrung (DE-588)4076649-4 gnd rswk-swf Ethnische Identität (DE-588)4153096-2 gnd rswk-swf Pfingstbewegung (DE-588)4136841-1 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Ethnische Identität (DE-588)4153096-2 s Pfingstbewegung (DE-588)4136841-1 s Schwarze Theologie (DE-588)4053779-1 s Religiöse Erfahrung (DE-588)4076649-4 s LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 9781478007760 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 9781478008248 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478009306 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
spellingShingle | Crawley, Ashon The Lonely Letters SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) bisacsh African American Pentecostal churches Social aspects African American Pentecostals Biography African American sexual minorities Religious life African Americans Race identity Church music African American churches Experience (Religion) Loneliness Religious aspects Christianity LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 gnd Schwarze Theologie (DE-588)4053779-1 gnd Religiöse Erfahrung (DE-588)4076649-4 gnd Ethnische Identität (DE-588)4153096-2 gnd Pfingstbewegung (DE-588)4136841-1 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd |
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title | The Lonely Letters |
title_auth | The Lonely Letters |
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title_full | The Lonely Letters Ashon T. Crawley |
title_fullStr | The Lonely Letters Ashon T. Crawley |
title_full_unstemmed | The Lonely Letters Ashon T. Crawley |
title_short | The Lonely Letters |
title_sort | the lonely letters |
topic | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) bisacsh African American Pentecostal churches Social aspects African American Pentecostals Biography African American sexual minorities Religious life African Americans Race identity Church music African American churches Experience (Religion) Loneliness Religious aspects Christianity LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 gnd Schwarze Theologie (DE-588)4053779-1 gnd Religiöse Erfahrung (DE-588)4076649-4 gnd Ethnische Identität (DE-588)4153096-2 gnd Pfingstbewegung (DE-588)4136841-1 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd |
topic_facet | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) African American Pentecostal churches Social aspects African American Pentecostals Biography African American sexual minorities Religious life African Americans Race identity Church music African American churches Experience (Religion) Loneliness Religious aspects Christianity LGBT Schwarze Theologie Religiöse Erfahrung Ethnische Identität Pfingstbewegung Schwarze USA |
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