Singing the Landscapes of Queer Self
eBook - PDF

Singing the Landscapes of Queer Self

Gender, Religion, and Community in the Northeastern United States

  1. 125 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Singing the Landscapes of Queer Self

Gender, Religion, and Community in the Northeastern United States

About this book

What can the lived experience of a white, transfemme, queer musician tell us about the intersections of place, queer identity, and embodiment in the late 20th and early 21st century United States?

Raised in a conservative religious household in the Northeastern United States, singer songwriter and music professor Jessye DeSilva (she/her/hers) narrates her journey from childhood, exploring how she navigated her adolescence and adulthood as a queer person, poet, musician, academic, and spiritual agnostic.

Traversing religious trauma, eating disorders and body dysmorphia, postsecondary education, and a mid-life return to the music industry, Jessye uses recollection, song lyric, and story to examine the intersections of place, queer identity, and embodiment in the late 20th and early 21st century United States.

Tackling themes of identity, isolation, relationships and self-image, this book is ideal reading for students of Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies, American Studies, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Music.

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Table of contents

  1. FrontCover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Information
  5. Abstract
  6. Content warning
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Prologue
  9. Learning objectives
  10. 1 Queen of the backyard
  11. 2 10,000 Things (a letter to my mother)
  12. 3 Firecracker
  13. 4 Sundays (a letter to my father)
  14. 5 Jeannie Frances/Comrades in arms
  15. 6 The devil in New Jersey
  16. 7 Glitter up the dark
  17. 8 Family tree
  18. References
  19. Index