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Local Impacts of Religious Discourses on Rights to Express Same-Sex Sexual Desires in Peri-Urban Rio de Janeiro.

TitleLocal Impacts of Religious Discourses on Rights to Express Same-Sex Sexual Desires in Peri-Urban Rio de Janeiro.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsGarcía, Jonathan, Miguel Muñoz Laboy, Vagner de Almeida, and Richard Parker
JournalSexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP
Volume6
Issue3
Pagination44-60
Date Published2009 Sep 1
ISSN1553-6610
AbstractThis article reports on a study that examined how religious discourses of inclusion and exclusion-in Roman Catholic, evangelical Protestant, and Afro-Brazilian religious traditions-affected people's rights to express same-sex sexual desires, behaviors, and identities in the socioeconomically marginalized urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Using extended ethnographic observation of institutions and religious events over a period of 2 years, the authors identified how sexual rights were constructed within religious discourses and conducted ethnographic interviews with 45 religious leaders. In the low-income and violent urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, religious leaders and institutions play key roles in molding community inclusion and exclusion. A comparison of the 3 major religious denominations shows a diversity of discourses about same-sex sexual desires and their impacts on community formation.
DOI10.1525/srsp.2009.6.3.44
Alternate JournalSex Res Social Policy

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