[ANPPOM-Lista] cfp – music and queer theory [31 march 2012]

[Carlos Palombini]

Music and Queer Theory

Call for contributions – Transposition. Musique et sciences sociales nº 3

(http://transposition-revue.org/)

Queer theory is likely one of the most well-known and controversial recent
schools of thought, and its impact has been felt in the academic world and
beyond. It appeared in the early 1990s in the United States, as a direct
offshoot of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) collectives, the
work of Foucault (in particular, his History of Sexuality and ideas such as
“biopolitics”), and Derrida’s deconstructionism. This school of thought,
while in no way a homogenous trend, is characterized by the questioning of
the notion of gender and the idea that sexual identity and behaviour would
be genetically determined. In this context, queer theory formulates the
hypothesis that sexuality is actually a social construction. This presumes
that sexuality is not biologically stamped on human nature, but rather takes
on ever-changing social forms, wherein a given individual can live out one
or many sexual identities. This hypothesis leads us to call into question
social classifications from the fields of traditional psychology,
philosophy, anthropology, and sociology, which tend to look at one measure
at a time for classifying individuals (class, gender, etc.).

Musicology has also fallen under the influence of queer theory, what with
the research groups, books, articles, and dissertations that address
previously unexplored or even taboo issues, such as the construction of
sexual identity through or in music. From a methodological perspective, this
school of thought has been part of the recent theoretical renewal at an
international level, wherein “traditional” methods of musical analysis and
historical musicology are used in concert with historical, sociological,
literary, aesthetic, anthropological, and socio-geographical techniques.
This allows the researcher to apprehend the construction process of the
musical “object” and its social dimension in all its complexity.

This issue of Transposition. Musique et sciences sociales aims to bolster
this theoretical overhaul, through articles and case studies which explore
ideas from queer theory in music of any genre. We also welcome more
theoretical texts which examine the contributions or limitations of this
school of thought in the field of musicology.

Papers (in French or in English), which conform to the requirements of the
publication (http://transposition-revue.org/spip.php?rubrique4&lang=en),
should be addressed to the editing committee before the 31th Mars 2012 at
this address: transposition.submission em gmail.com
-- 
carlos palombini
resident professor
institute for transdisciplinary advanced studies
[ieat-ufmg<http://www.ufmg.br/ieat/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=683&Itemid=450&lang=br>
]
cpalombini em gmail.com
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