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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) : 15 illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813588391
  • 9780813588414
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.5086/64
LOC classification:
  • ML3917.U6.B35 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
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.

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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