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Touching the Taboo in Sacred Space

Reading Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose as a `Catalyst for a Sexual Discourse of Resistance' in the Black Church

darnell.moore{at}ptsem.edu

Sex-talk is often differentiated or eradicated from God-talk within the Black church in America; as a result, many pertinent issues like androcentrism, heterosexism, homophobia, and violence against women continue to flourish because of the lack of dialogue regarding sexuality. Because of this womanist theologians like Kelly Brown Douglas have convincingly argued that people of African descent must engage in a `sexual discourse of resistance', particularly the Black church in America, if true wholeness is to be achieved. This paper will explore themes present with Sherley Anne Williams's novel, Dessa Rose, which may be useful as catalysts for such a discourse.

Key Words: Black church • sexuality • Dessa Rose • Sherley Anne Williams • Kelly Brown Douglas

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