{"product_id":"extraordinary-measures-disability-in-music-9780199766468","title":"Extraordinary Measures: Disability in Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eApproaching disability as a cultural construction rather than a medical pathology  this book studies the impact of disability and concepts of disability on composers  performers  and listeners with disabilities  as well as on discourse about music and works of music themselves. For composers with disabilities--like Beethoven  Delius  and Schumann--awareness of the disability sharply inflects critical reception. For performers with disabilities--such as Itzhak Perlman and Evelyn Glennie--the performance of disability and the performance of music are deeply intertwined. For listeners with disabilities  extraordinary bodies and minds may give rise to new ways of making sense of music. In the stories that people tell about music  and in the stories that music itself tells  disability has long played a central but unrecognized role. Some of these stories are narratives of overcoming-the triumph of the human spirit over adversity-but others are more nuanced tales of accommodation and acceptance of life with a non-normative body or mind. In all of these ways  music both reflects and constructs disability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647144452149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199766460","price":33.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199766468.jpg?v=1781689321","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/extraordinary-measures-disability-in-music-9780199766468","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}