Sterne Diminished Faculties

A Political Phenomenology of Impairment
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2232-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 301 Seiten

Jonathan Sterne offers a sweeping cultural study and theorization of impairment, in which experience is understood from the standpoint of a subject that is not fully able to account for itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sterne, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Degrees of Muteness 1
2. Meet the Dork-o-Phone 41
3. In Search of New Vocalities: An Imaginary Exhibition 69
4. Audile Scarification: On Normal Impairments 117
5. There Are Never Enough Spoons 157
Impairment Theory: A User's Guide 193
Credits 209
Notes 217
Bibliography 249
Index 281

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Sterne is James McGill Professor, Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, and author of MP3: The Meaning of a Format and The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction, both also published by Duke University Press, and is editor of The Sound Studies Reader. He also makes music and other audio works. Visit his website at https://sterneworks.org.