{"product_id":"a-queerly-joyful-noise-choral-musicking-for-social-justice-hardback-9780813588391","title":"A Queerly Joyful Noise; Choral Musicking for Social Justice (Hardback) 9780813588391","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Queerly Joyful Noise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChoral Musicking for Social Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia \"Jules\" Balén (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813588391\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 15 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"I have spent many hours pondering how it is that our work as LGBTQ choruses impacts social change. Julia's book made me laugh and cry but most importantly informs our ongoing efforts to enhance our effectiveness at creating social change through the power of music.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e - Robin L. Godfrey (executive director, GALA Choruses) \u003cdiv\u003e“BalÉn’s book sweeps you into the life of LGBTQ choral music. As a conductor in the GALA network for 30 years, it is a joy to see it so beautifully described in this important book. BalÉn is able to take the reader on a beautiful journey and educate us all along the path. Every person – gay or straight – who loves music should read this book.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Dr. Timothy Seelig (Artistic Director, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus) \u003cdiv\u003e\"BalÉn accurately unwraps our shared queer choral musiking with vision and depth while also tracing our connections to other contemporary movements for social justice and equality. In addition, she is able to capture familiar choral issues, events, rehearsals, and performance experiences with humor and aha moments. Wonderfully readable and well researched. Enthusiastically recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e - Dr. Catherine Roma (founder of Anna Crusis Women's Choir and current conductor of Hope Thru Harmony Women's Choir) \u003cdiv\u003e“A unique and seminal study, \u003ci\u003eA Queerly Joyful Noise: Choral Musicking for Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is exceptionally informative and extraordinarily well written. An important and primary work of original scholarship.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e (Midwest Book Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\"BalÉn give[s] special weight to women’s and mixed choruses, which have often been neglected in this discussion....If you happen to be thinking about forming an LGBT chorus in your town, it might serve you well to study BalÉn’s treatise for useful direction.\" \u003c\/div\u003e (People's World) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cultural Singing as Personal and Political,\" by Julia 'Jules' Balen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Queerly Joyful Noise\u003c\/i\u003e chosen as \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \"Outstanding Academic Title 2018\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2018) \u003cdiv\u003e\"BalÉn effectively establishes and substantiates a theoretical framework that illustrates 'a larger picture of queer choral musicking as a social practice with a purpose.' Because the movement centers LGBTQ stories in music designed for social change, BalÉn centers the stories of her interviewees for discussion here. She explores questions pertaining to why LGBTQ singers join gay and lesbian choruses working toward social change, as well as how those choruses both measure and achieve lasting social change.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Ethnomusicology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2018\u003ci\u003e Choice \u003c\/i\u003eOutstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, 2019 Herndon Book Prize - (SEM-GST)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Queerly Joyful Noise\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eA Queerly Joyful Noise\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why Choruses?\u003cbr\u003e          \u003ci\u003e   Part I: Finding our Voices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Singing as Counterstorying Practice\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Choral Musicking for Change\u003cbr\u003e             \u003ci\u003ePart II: Queer Organizing for Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Practices of Identity: Queering Social Institutions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Queer Choral Musicking: Cultural Contexts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Choral Technologies for Queering\u003cbr\u003e             \u003ci\u003ePart III: Communal Erotics and Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Emotions, Identities, and Choral Musicking\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Communal Erotics: Choral Musicking and Our Capacity for Joy\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563714703640,"sku":"9780813588391","price":122.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-queerly-joyful-noise-choral-musicking-for-social-justice-hardback-9780813588391","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}