TY - BOOK ID - 85412723 TI - Desire work : ex-gay and Pentecostal masculinity in South Africa PY - 2018 SN - 9781478000648 1478000643 9781478000822 1478000821 PB - Durham Duke University Press DB - UniCat KW - Gays KW - Ex-gay movement KW - Pentecostal churches KW - Masculinity KW - #SBIB:39A10 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - #SBIB:613.88H31 KW - Masculinity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Men KW - Pentecostalism KW - Ex-gay ministries KW - Ex-homosexual movement KW - Exgay movement KW - Exodus movement (Ex-gay movement) KW - Former-gay movement KW - Former-homosexual movement KW - Social movements KW - Sexual reorientation programs KW - Gay people KW - Gay persons KW - Homosexuals KW - Persons KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Homoseksualiteit, biseksualiteit KW - Religious aspects KW - Pentecostal churches. KW - Conversion therapy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85412723 AB - In postapartheid Cape Town - Africa's gay capital - many Pentecostal men turned to "ex-gay" ministries in hopes of "curing" their homosexuality in order to conform to conservative Christian values and African social norms. In this book the author traces the experiences of predominantly white ex-gay men as they attempt to forge a heterosexual masculinity and enter into heterosexual marriage through emotional, bodily, and religious work. These men subjected themselves to daily self-surveillance and followed prescribed behaviors such as changing how they talked and walked. Ex-gay men also saw themselves as participating in the redemption of the nation, because South African society was perceived as suffering from a crisis of masculinity in which the country lacked enough moral heterosexual men. By tying the experience of ex-gay men to the convergence of social movements and public debates surrounding race, violence, religion, and masculinity in South Africa, the author offers insights into the construction of personal identities in the context of sexuality and spirituality. ER -