Singing the Landscapes of Queer Self

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>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?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Raised in a conservative religious household in the Northeastern United States singer songwriter and music professor </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Jessye DeSilva</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> (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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Traversing religious trauma eating disorders and body dysmorphia postsecondary education and a mid-life return to the music industry </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Jessye</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> 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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>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.</span></p><p></p>