{"product_id":"listening-to-the-sirens-9780520215870","title":"Listening to the Sirens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigates 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359043912023,"sku":"9780520215870","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520215870.jpg?v=1754123349","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/listening-to-the-sirens-9780520215870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}