Sensory futures deafness and cochlear implant infrastructures in India / Michele Ilana Friedner.
| Author/creator | Friedner, Michele Ilana, 1978- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota, [2022] |
| Description | 269 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Sensory, modal, and relational narrowing through cochlear implants -- Disability camps and surgical celebrations : Indian disability interventions and the creation of complex dependencies -- Becoming unisensory : creating a child's social sense through auditory verbal therapy and total communication -- Mothers' work : intersensing and learning to talk like a cricket commentator -- (Non-)use : maintaining devices, relationships, and senses -- Becoming normal : potentiality beyond passing -- Conclusion. Beyond the bad S : making space for sensory unruliness. |
| Abstract | "Sensory Futures explores deaf people's desires to create habitable worlds, grappling with their futures amid a surge in biotechnical interventions and disability rights activism. With implications for a broad range of disability experiences, this sensitive, in-depth research focuses on the specific experiences of deaf people, both children and adults, and the structural, political, and social possibilities biotechnological and social "cures" offer"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021062330 |
| ISBN | 9781517912123 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 9781517912130 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |