Le Sorelle della Perpetua Indulgenza: impegno sociale, sovversione estetica e spititualità queer

Autore: Maya De Leo
In: Genesis. VIII/2, 2009
doi:10.1400/150585
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Abstract

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Social Involvement, Aesthetic Subversion and Queer Spirituality
The Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a transnational organization of queer activists − ironically dressed as nuns – involved in many different projects and campaigns, ranging from the fight against homophobia to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, to the assistance of people with Hiv. Born in the peculiar radical gay milieu of the 1970’s San Francisco, the Sisters are currently operative all over the world, from United States, to Australia, South America and Europe. The essay traces the history of the organization devoting a special attention to the dimensions of camp irony and queer spirituality, which characterize all the different forms of Sisters’ activism.