Sensory futures deafness and cochlear implant infrastructures in India

"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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Friedner, Michele Ilana, 1978- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press [2022]
Edición:First edition
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Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781452967202
9781452967196
Acceso:Open Access