Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore
Randy P. Conner (Author), David Hatfield Sparks (Author), Mariya Sparks (Author), Gloria Anzaldúa
Did you know that in medieval French folklore a person might change sex by passing under a rainbow? Or that same-sex unions have been celebrated by peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, Africa, China, and Indigenous America? Or that Sappho, da Vinci, Emily Dickinson, Nijinsky, Benjamin Britten, Mishima, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Keith Haring, Boy George, and Derek Jarman number among those who have explored the spiritual dimension of gender and sexuality in their works? While the terms many of us employ today to identify ourselves - 'queer', 'lesbian', 'gay', 'bisexual', 'transgendered' - differ markedly from those of peoples of other times and places, we are nevertheless the bearers of a rich spiritual history that has been ignored or suppressed, a history encoded in sacred texts as well as in works of art, music, dance and other media. Drawing upon religion, mythology, folklore, anthropology, history and the arts, the Encyclopedia is a cornucopia of queer spirituality, containing over 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries from Aakulujjuusi to Zeus
encyclopedias
xiii, 382 pages ; 26 cm
9780304337606, 0304337609
37188261
Spiritual traditions
African and African-diasporic
Ancient near eastern and western antiquity
Buddhism
Chinese shamanism, Taoism, Confucianism, and syncretism
Christianity
Goddess reverence
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Mesoamerican and South American
Queer spirit
Radical faeries
Shamanism
Shinto
Sufism
Witchcraft and Wicca
Women's spirituality
Alphabetical entries