{"product_id":"spectacular-listening-music-and-disability-in-the-digital-age","title":"Spectacular Listening Music and Disability in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Byrd McDaniel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43562013720637,"sku":"9780197620458","price":238.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780197620458.jpg?v=1788428497","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/spectacular-listening-music-and-disability-in-the-digital-age","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}