Drawing on ethnographic research and often deeply personal experiences with musical cultures, Queering the Field: Sounding out Ethnomusicology unpacks a history of sentiment that veils the treatment of queer music and identity within the field of ethnomusicology. The thematic structure of the volume reflects a deliberate cartography of queer spaces in the discipline-spaces that are strongly present due to their absence, are marked by direct sonic parameters, or are called into question by virtue of their otherness. As the first large-scale study of ethnomusicology's queer silences and queer identity politics, Queering the Field directly addresses the normativities currently at play in musical ethnography (fieldwork, analysis, performance, transcription) as well as in the practice of musical ethnographers (identification, participation, disclosure, observation, authority). While rooted in strong narrative convictions, the authors frequently adopt radicalized voices with the goal of queering a hierarchical sexual binary. The essays in the volume present rhetorical and syntactical scenarios that challenge us to read in prescient singular ways for future queer writing and queer thought in ethnomusicology.

About the Author
Gregory Barz is Director of the School of Music at Boston University where he is professor of ethnomusicology. He serves as the president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and currently conducts field research on drag culture in Israel. William Cheng is an Associate Professor of Music at Dartmouth College. He teaches courses in history, media, ethics, disability, race, and digital games. Working at the crossroads of critical inquiry and public engagement, he advocates for interpersonal care as they heart of academic and activist labors. He is a founding co-editor of the new Music & Social Justice series published by University of Michigan Press.

Reviews
the authors make Queering the Field a safe space - a place allowing them to express themselves without censorship * Kamille Gagne, Revue Musicale Oicrm *


Awards
Winner of Winner of the 2020 Marcia Herndon Book Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology's Gender and Sexualities Task Force.



Book Information
ISBN 9780190458027
Author Gregory Barz
Format Hardback
Page Count 464
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 788g
Dimensions(mm) 157mm * 239mm * 25mm