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03129aam a2200361 4500 001 A599D3B8CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 200103t20202020miu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780472132188 020 $a 0472132180 035 $a (OCoLC)1134496002 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d AMH $d OCLCO $d TOH $d SILO 050 4 $a ML3918.P67 $b M335 2020 100 1 $a MacLachlan, Heather, $e author. 245 10 $a Singing out : $b gala choruses and social change / $c Heather MacLachlan. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2020. 300 $a viii, 256 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Music and social justice 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. 505 0 $a 1. GALA Choruses as Community Choirs -- 2. "Community" and Its Significance to GALA Choristers -- 3. Diversity and Its Discontents -- 4. Homonormativity: GALA Choruses as Middle-Class Organizations -- 5. Disidentifying: The Music and Performance Practices of GALA Choruses -- 6. GALA Choruses on a Mission -- 7. GALA Choruses as Part of the Gay Rights Movement -- 8. Social Change: Assessing GALA Choruses' Central Claim. 520 3 $a Can you change the world through song? This appealing idea has long been the professed aim of singers who are part of choruses affiliated with the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA). Theses choruses first emerged in the 1970s, and grew out of a very American tradition of (often gender-segregated) choral singing that explicitly presents itself as a community-based activity. By taking a close look at these choruses and their mission, Heather MacLachlan unpacks the fascinating historical and cultural dynamics behind groups that seek to change society for the better by encouraging acceptance of LGBT-identified people and promoting diversity more generally. She characterizes their mission as "integrationist rather than liberationist" and zeroes in on the inherent tension between GALA's progressive social goals and the fact that the music most often performed by GALA groups is deeply rooted in a fairly narrowly conceived tradition of art music that identifies as white, Euro-centric, and middle class--and that much of the membership identifies as white and middle class as well. Pundits often wax eloquent about the power of music, asserting that it can, in some positive way, change the world. Such statements often rest on an unexamined claim that music can and does foster social justice. Singing Out: GALA Choruses and Social Change tackles the premise underlying such claims, analyzing groups of amateur singers who are explicitly committed to an agenda of social justice. 610 20 $a GALA Choruses. 610 22 $a GALA Choruses. 650 0 $a Gay singers. 650 0 $a Homosexuality in music. 650 0 $a Gender identity in music. 650 0 $a Music $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Social justice. 830 0 $a Music and social justice. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015007.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A599D3B8CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search