A review by littlesmaug
Queer Country by Shana Goldin-Perschbacher

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.5

 While this book was heavy with academic jargon, it didn’t take me long to read because it was necessarily difficult. I just find myself needing those moments where I’m not learning a wealth of information and I find it hard to then dive back in. If you’re not well-versed in things such as gender studies (which I am) or music studies (which I am not), I imagine this book may feel like a bit of a slog to get through. But I can’t recommend it enough, truly. I learned so much from it, finding incredible artists I might have never heard of otherwise and expanding my understanding of critical gender theory. It opened my eyes to the nuances of musical genres, something I’d never sat to consider before. All-in-all, I think Queer Country is a book worth checking out.