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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453694403321

Autore

McKay George <1960->

Titolo

Shakin' all over : popular music and disability / / George McKay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-472-05209-8

0-472-12004-2

Descrizione fisica

X, 230 s : ill

Collana

Corporealities. Discourses of disability

Corporealities

Disciplina

781.64087

Soggetti

Disabilities and popular music

Musicians with disabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Crippled with nerves" : polio survivors in popular music -- Vox crippus : voicing the disabled body -- Corpus crippus : performing disability in pop and rock -- Johnnie-be-deaf : one hearing-impaired star, and popular music as a disabling (deafening) culture -- Crippin' the light fandango : an industry that kills and maddens, and campaigns.