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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824889803321

Autore

Lubet Alex <1954->

Titolo

Music, disability, and society / / Alex Lubet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4399-0027-2

1-4399-0025-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

780.87

Soggetti

Music - Performance - Physiological aspects

Disabilities - Social aspects

Musicians with disabilities

Blind musicians

Music - Religious aspects

Disability studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Piano men, or the right hand doesn't-- no -- Let's face the music and dance : jazz and physical disability -- Play like an Egyptian : music and blind culture -- Losing-- my religion : music, disability, gender, and Jewish and Islamic law -- Bringing it all back home, or teach your children-- well?.

Sommario/riassunto

Musical talent in Western culture is regarded as an extraordinary combination of technical proficiency and interpretative sensitivity. In Music, Disability, and Society, Alex Lubet challenges the rigid view of technical skill and writes about music in relation to disability studies. He addresses the ways in which people with disabilities are denied the opportunity to participate in music.Elaborating on the theory of ""social confluence,"" Lubet provides a variety of encounters between disability and music to observe radical transformations of identity. Considering hand