A Queerly Joyful Noise : Choral Musicking for Social Justice / Julia "Jules" Balén, Julia "Jules" Balén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balen, Julia, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choral singing--Social aspects--United States.

Choral singing.

Choral singing--Political aspects--United States.

Gay choirs--United States.

Gay choirs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Why Choruses?

Part One Finding Our Voices

1. Singing As Counterstorying Practice

2. Choral Musicking For Change

Part Two Queer Organizing For Social Change

3. Practices Of Identity: Queering Social Institutions

4. Queer Choral Musicking: Cultural Contexts

5. Choral Technologies For Queering

Part Three Communal Erotics And Social Justice

6. Emotions, Identities, And Choral Musicking

7. Communal Erotics: Choral Musicking And Our Capacity For Joy

Acknowledgments

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About The Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780813588407

0813588405

9780813588414

0813588413

OCLC:

989726868