Throw Yo' Voice Out: Disability as a Desirable Practice in Hip-Hop Vocal Performance

Disabled bodies and disabling spaces— especially the recording studio— shape the sound iconicity of hip-hop vocal performances. The disabled voice is the audible sign by which hip-hop artists trouble cultural definitions of the self and other; exceptionalism and failure; the natural and techno-media...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alex S. Porco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2014-12-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
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Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3822