{"product_id":"music-at-the-margins-of-jessica-a-holmes-9780472078370","title":"Music at the Margins of Sense","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMusic at the Margins of Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, Jessica A. Holmes contests prevailing misconceptions associated with deafness and hearing in Western music by turning to the musical experiences of deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing disabled musicians in order to impart a multisensory, multimodal conception of music and musicianship. Through a range of examples drawn from music history, popular music, recent film, and popular science, Holmes reveals that \"deafness\" is mistakenly understood as a state of total silence and heightened tactile sensation, a stigmatizing trope she calls the \"figure of deafness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolmes explores music-making spanning auditory, visual-spatial, vibrotactile, and non-sonorous modalities, including the creative practice of Christine Sun Kim, all-deaf electronic dance music raves, the musical experiences of hearing aid users, and music and musical instruments devised to mitigate tinnitus and hyperacusis. By examining the cultural production of \"natural\" hearing in the design, branding, and musical programming of digital hearing aids, Holmes offers a reappraisal of hearing that defies naturalized perceptual processes and auditory thresholds, the idealization of sonic fidelity, and biologically driven conceptions of musicality. \u003ci\u003eMusic at the Margins of Sense \u003c\/i\u003echampions an understanding of musicianship that embraces the lived experience of disability as a vital locus of musical creativity and expertise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica A. Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472078372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472078370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jessica A. Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50664743371007,"sku":"9780472078370","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-at-the-margins-of-jessica-a-holmes-9780472078370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}