“Hear Us Shout:” Music Celebrating Disability Pride and Liberation
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Keywords
Disability rights, Disability Culture, music
Abstract
An exploration of a sampling of music about disability issues, primarily from musicians with disabilities. The focus of the music discussed in this article is protest, power, oppression, and resilience. References and websites for the musicians discussed are included when available.
References
Brown, S. E. (1994). Investigating a culture of disability: Final report. Las Cruces, NM: Institute on Disability Culture.
Brown, S. E. (1995). The Wheelie. Pain, plain—and fancy rappings: Poetry from the Disability Culture. Institute on Disability Culture. Las Cruces, NM, 29-30.
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). (Jan. 21, 1999). 504 Sit-in 20th Anniversary. Retrieved July 29, 2007, from http://dredf.org/504site/504home.html
Field, J. (1994). The fishing is free.
Henning, P. (1962). “The ballad of Jed Clampett,” reprinted in McClellan, D. (March 26, 2005), “Obituary: Paul Henning/Created Beverly Hillbillies. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 14, 2007, from http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05085/478070.stm
Kolb, E. (1994). We will ride. We are everyone.
Kuppers, P. (June 29, 2007). Crip Music. “Legends.” Breath & Shadow: Journal of Disability Culture and Literature, 4(6), Retrieved July 12, 2007, from http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/June07/kuppers.html (Used with permission from the author)
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Moyer, J. (1988). For the crime of being different.
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Steven E. Brown, Co-Founder, Institute on Disability Culture
Steven E. Brown, is professor of disability studies at the University of Hawai‘i and is also the co-founder of the Institute on Disability Culture (http://web.mac.com/disculture/), and is a poet, essayist, and speaker. A collection of essays, Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame to Disability Pride is available at many online bookstores. He may be contacted at: [email protected]