| Summary: | "Spectacular Listening: Music and Disability in the Digital Age" by Byrd McDaniel, published in 2024, explores how listeners with disabilities engage with popular music in the digital era. The author introduces the concept of "spectacular listening" to challenge traditional norms of music consumption and highlights the agency of listeners with disabilities. Through case studies on air guitar, lip-syncing, reaction videos, and podcasts, McDaniel demonstrates how these practices can challenge ableism and reshape music studies. The book offers a nuanced exploration of mediated listening practices in disability spaces and serves as an accessible introduction to disability music studies for college-level readers.
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