Queering the Field

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-045802-7
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Drawing on ethnographic research and often deeply personal experiences with musical cultures, Queering the Field: Sounding out Ethnomusicology unpacks a history of sentiment that veils the treatment of queer music and identity within the field of ethnomusicology. The thematic structure of the volume reflects a deliberate cartography of queer spaces in the discipline-spaces that are strongly present due to their absence, are marked by direct sonic parameters, or are called into question by virtue of their otherness. As the first large-scale study of ethnomusicology's queer silences and queer identity politics, Queering the Field directly addresses the normativities currently at play in musical ethnography (fieldwork, analysis, performance, transcription) as well as in the practice of musical ethnographers (identification, participation, disclosure, observation, authority). While rooted in strong narrative convictions, the authors frequently adopt radicalized voices with the goal of queering a hierarchical sexual binary.
The essays in the volume present rhetorical and syntactical scenarios that challenge us to read in prescient singular ways for future queer writing and queer thought in ethnomusicology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barz

Barz, Gregory

Cheng, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory Barz is Director of the School of Music at Boston University where he is professor of ethnomusicology. He serves as the president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and currently conducts field research on drag culture in Israel.

William Cheng is an Associate Professor of Music at Dartmouth College. He teaches courses in history, media, ethics, disability, race, and digital games. Working at the crossroads of critical inquiry and public engagement, he advocates for interpersonal care as they heart of academic and activist labors. He is a founding co-editor of the new Music & Social Justice series published by University of Michigan Press.