Next Saturday: Body Problems Launch and The Miraculous Mandarin
Join us next Saturday the 14th for the Body Problems Book Launch and another Listening Party
Body Problems Book Launch
Join us next Saturday the 14th for Professor Wolff’s talk on their book, Body Problems:
In Body Problems, M. Wolff offers groundbreaking insight into Sally Gross, a South African intersex priest and activist whose body was continuously policed and politicized. Gross’s role in founding Intersex South Africa and her involvement with the African National Congress are celebrated in the Apartheid Museum, but the complex dimensions of her life—from her Jewish heritage to her Christian priesthood and Buddhist practices—remain largely unexplored.
M. Wolff is an Associate Professor of Religion and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. They teach courses about race, religion, sexuality, and ethics. Wolff’s publication topics include Artificial Intelligence, political theology, as well as trans and intersex justice. More information can be found at ProfMWolff.com
Date: Saturday, March 14th
Time: 11:00
Location: Bridge Books Barbican, 89 Helen Joseph Street.
Listening Spaces: The Miraculous Mandarin
Join us this coming Saturday for our fifth Listening Spaces collaboration with House of Shem:
In 1918 Budapest, Bartók wrote a ballet so violent it was banned after one performance. A prostitute, forced by thugs to lure victims. Three men robbed. Then the Mandarin arrives —and refuses to die, no matter what they do to him. No romantic orchestral sweep. No comfortable distance. Just 20 minutes of Bartók staring directly at economic desperation, sexual exploitation, and what people become when survival is the only logic that matters.
Date: Saturday, March 14th
Time: 11:00
Location: Bridge Books Barbican, 89 Helen Joseph Street.