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Singing the landscapes of queer self : gender, religion, and community in the Northeastern United States / Jessye DeSilva ; edited by Patrick Thomsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeSilva, Jessye, author.
- Series:
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay and lesbian studies.
- Autoethnography.
- Trauma.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Gender, religion, and community in the Northeastern United States
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Raised in a conservative religious household in the Northeastern United States, singer songwriter and music professor Jessye DeSilva (she/her/hers) narrates her journey from childhood, exploring how she navigated her adolescence and adulthood as a queer person, poet, musician, academic, and spiritual agnostic. Traversing religious trauma, eating disorders and body dysmorphia, postsecondary education, and a mid-life return to the music industry, Jessye uses recollection, song lyric, and story to examine the intersections of place, queer identity, and embodiment in the late 20th and early 21st century United States. Tackling themes of identity, isolation, relationships and self-image, this book is ideal reading for students of Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies, American Studies, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Music.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Learning objectives
- Chapter 1 Queen of the backyard
- Chapter 2 10,000 Things (a letter to my mother)
- Chapter 3 Firecracker
- Chapter 4 Sundays (a letter to my father)
- Chapter 5 Jeannie Frances/Comrades in arms
- Chapter 6 The devil in New Jersey
- Chapter 7 Glitter up the dark
- Chapter 8 Family tree
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed May 16, 2025.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Singing the landscapes of queer self : gender, religion, and community in the Northeastern United States.
- ISBN:
- 9781916704039
- 9781916704022
- OCLC:
- 1518281746
- Publisher Number:
- 10.62859/9781916704039 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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