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Investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. This book analyzes the musical ways in which queer individuals express and discipline their desire, represent themselves, build communities, and subvert heterosexual expectations.

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"A wide-ranging and beautifully composed book. Peraino moves the argument to the next level, and the elegance of her prose pulls the reader along with her own siren song until the very last sentence." - Susan McClary, author of Modal Subjectivities"

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Songs of the Sirens: desire 2. A Music of One's Own: discipline 3. Queer Ears and Icons: sign systems 4. Homomusical Communities: production 5. Flights of Fancy: power Notes Works Cited Index

Listening to the Sirens

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520215870, 978-0520215870
      ISBN10: 0520215877

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. This book analyzes the musical ways in which queer individuals express and discipline their desire, represent themselves, build communities, and subvert heterosexual expectations.

      Trade Review
      "A wide-ranging and beautifully composed book. Peraino moves the argument to the next level, and the elegance of her prose pulls the reader along with her own siren song until the very last sentence." - Susan McClary, author of Modal Subjectivities"

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Songs of the Sirens: desire 2. A Music of One's Own: discipline 3. Queer Ears and Icons: sign systems 4. Homomusical Communities: production 5. Flights of Fancy: power Notes Works Cited Index

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