Michele Friedner: 2 books
Sounding the Limits of Life
Essays in the Anthropology of Biology and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
What is life? What is water? What is sound? In Sounding the Limits of Life, anthropologist Stefan Helmreich investigates how contemporary scientists—biologists, oceanographers, and audio engineers—are redefining these crucial concepts. Life, water, and sound are phenomena at once empirical and...
by Michele Ilana Friedner
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Although it is commonly believed that deafness and disability limits a person in a variety of ways, Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India describes the two as a source of value in postcolonial India. Michele Friedner argues that the experiences of deaf people offer an important portrayal of contemporary...