Spectacular Listening

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Spectacular Listening is written by Byrd McDaniel and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197620469 (ISBN 10) and 9780197620465 (ISBN 13).

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." 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.