{"product_id":"baby-you-are-my-religion-marie-cartier-9781844656493","title":"Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaby, You Are My Religion\u003c\/em\u003e argues that American butch-femme bar culture of the mid-20th Century should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community. Before Stonewall--when homosexuals were still deemed mentally ill--these bars were the only place where many could have any community at all. \u003cem\u003eBaby, You are My Religion\u003c\/em\u003e explores this community as a site of a lived corporeal theology and political space. It reveals that religious institutions such as the Metropolitan Community Church were founded in such bars, that traditional and non-traditional religious activities took place there, and that religious ceremonies such as marriage were often conducted within the bars by staff. Baby\u003cem\u003e, You are My Religion\u003c\/em\u003e examines how these bars became not only ecclesiastical sites but also provided the fertile ground for the birth of the struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights before Stonewall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Cartier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844656497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844656493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Marie Cartier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088875303167,"sku":"9781844656493","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8017bbf3-c05b-4d4d-a5d3-c1b3b3acb8dc.jpg?v=1769107024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baby-you-are-my-religion-marie-cartier-9781844656493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}