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Auteur(s) : Peraino, Judith Ann
Titre(s) : Listening to the sirens [Texte imprimé] : musical technologies of queer identity from Homer to Hedwig / Judith A. Peraino
Publication : Berkeley, Calif. ; Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
©2006
Description matérielle : xiv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : Songs of the sirens : desire ; A music of one's own : discipline ; Queer ears and
icons : sign systems ; Homomusical communities : production ; Flights of fancy :
power.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index
"In this study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout
history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with a close
examination of the mythology surrounding the Sirens - whose music seduced Ulysses
into a state of mind in which he would glady sacrifice everything for the illicit
pleasures promised in their song - Peraino goes on to consider musical creatures,
musical gods and demigods, musical humans, and music-addled listeners who have been
associated with behavior that breaches social conventions. She employs a sophisticated
reading of Foucault as an organizational principle as well as a philosophical focus
to survey seductive and transgressive queerness in music from the time of the ancient
Greeks through the Middle Ages and to the contemporary period ; Listening to the Sirens
analyzes the musical ways in which queer individuals express and discipline their
desire, represent themselves, build communities, and subvert heterosexual expectations.
It covers a wide range of musical experiences, including medieval songs; works by
Handel, Tchaikovsky, and Britten; women's music and disco; performers such as Judy
Garland, Melissa Etheridge, Madonna, and Marilyn Manson; and the movies The Rocky
Horror Picture Show and Hedwig and the Angry Inch."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Homosexualité et musique
Identité sexuelle -- Dans la musique
Musique et littérature
Indice(s) Dewey :
780.866 4 (23e éd.) = Musique - Etude en relation avec les homosexuels
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0520215877. - ISBN 9780520215870
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450153112
Notice n° :
FRBNF45015311
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