A Queerly Joyful Noise
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-8838-4 (ISBN)
2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Honorable Mention, 2019 Herndon Book Prize - (SEM-GST)
A Queerly Joyful Noise examines how choral singing can be both personally transformative and politically impactful. As they blend their different voices to create something beautiful, LGBTIQ singers stand together and make themselves heard. Comparing queer choral performances to the uses of group singing within the civil rights and labor movements, Julia “Jules” Balén maps the relationship between different forms of oppression and strategic musical forms of resistance. She also explores the potential this queer communal space creates for mobilizing progressive social action.
A proud member of numerous queer choruses, Balén draws from years of firsthand observations, archival research, and extensive interviews to reveal how queer chorus members feel shared vulnerability, collective strength, and even moments of ecstasy when performing. A Queerly Joyful Noise serves as a testament to the power of music, intimately depicting how participation in a queer chorus is more than a pastime, but a meaningful form of protest through celebration.
JULIA “JULES” BALÉN, professor of English and a founding faculty member of Chicana/o Studies, Freedom & Justice Studies, and Philosophy at the California State University system’s newest campus, Channel Islands (in Camarillo), has been involved in queer choral movement for almost 30 years and has dedicated her research, writing, service, and community work to creating greater equity for all. Balén's home is in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Contents
Introduction: Why Choruses?
Part I: Finding our Voices
Chapter 1: Singing as Counterstorying Practice
Chapter 2: Choral Musicking for Change
Part II: Queer Organizing for Social Change
Chapter 3: Practices of Identity: Queering Social Institutions
Chapter 4: Queer Choral Musicking: Cultural Contexts
Chapter 5: Choral Technologies for Queering
Part III: Communal Erotics and Social Justice
Chapter 6: Emotions, Identities, and Choral Musicking
Chapter 7: Communal Erotics: Choral Musicking and Our Capacity for Joy
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.10.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 15 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 313 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8135-8838-3 / 0813588383 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-8838-4 / 9780813588384 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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