Abstract

ABSTRACTWork on the sexual dimension of citizenship in Africa has privileged the way contemporary struggles over sexualities and sexual identities have opened up tensions over belonging and civic mattering. This article focuses on how political subjectivity is shaped and determined against the backdrop of the erotic economy between the pastor and his congregation. Mobilizing the idea of a Pentecostal erotic economy to evoke a debate around gender, patriarchy, affect, and social control, the article uses a relatively neglected aspect of contemporary Pentecostal praxes to introduce a different approach to the study of citizenship in Africa.

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