Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit
Subtitle: gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore
By: Randy P. Conner, David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks ; foreword by Gloria E. Anzaldúa.
Contributors: Sparks, David Hatfield.; Sparks, Mariya.; Anzaldúa, Gloria.
Publisher: Cassell; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; Herndon, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Homosexuality -- Mythology -- Encyclopedias; Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Encyclopedias; Homosexuality in art -- Encyclopedias; Lesbianism -- Mythology -- Encyclopedias; Lesbianism -- Religious aspects -- Encyclopedias; Lesbianism in art -- Encyclopedias; Bisexuality -- Mythology -- Dictionaries; Bisexuality -- Religious aspects -- Dictionaries; Bisexuality in art -- Encyclopedias
Other titles: Encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-371) and index.