Spectacular Listening: Music and Disability in the Digital Age
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- Synopsis
- Imagine a powerful listening experience that you want to share with others. You could describe it to someone with words, or you may choose a flashier alternative. You could, for example, costume yourself and take to the stage in a famous concert venue, delivering a rousing air guitar interpretation of a beloved rock solo for a live audience. Maybe you seek something more subtle, so you pull out your smartphone and record yourself lip-syncing to a guilty pleasure, showing your followers how seamlessly the music fits your movements. Perhaps instead you want others to hear how the music makes you feel, which leads you to record a podcast episode that translates the thrill of listening into audible exclamations. In ways both mundane and sensational, listening can be an expressive act, enabling people to stage consumption as a public practice -- what author Byrd McDaniel calls "spectacular listening." Contemporary digital platforms not only support such activity but actively encourage people to package personal music reception into a performance that may be widely shared. With a range of compelling ethnographic case studies, McDaniel investigates a broad shift in contemporary listening norms and the stakes for listeners with disabilities. He reveals how listening-as-performance can be an opportunity for play, as well as a critical practice that exposes ableism in music institutions, technologies, and discourse.
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780197620472
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780197620489, 9780197620465, 9780197620458
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/07/24
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Education, Social Studies, Music
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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