1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457087703321

Autore

Plummer Kenneth

Titolo

Intimate citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : private decisions and public dialogues / / Ken Plummer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2003

ISBN

0-295-80224-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

The Earl and Edna Stice lecture-book series in social science

Disciplina

303.4

Soggetti

Lifestyles

Alternative lifestyles

Intimacy (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""1 / Intimate Troubles""; ""2 / Postmodern Intimacies: New Lives in a Late Modern World""; ""3 / Culture Wars and Contested Intimacies""; ""4 / The New Theories of Citizenship""; ""5 / Public Intimacies, Private Citizens""; ""6 / Dialogic Citizenship""; ""7 / Stories and the Grounded Moralities of Everyday Life""; ""8 / Globalizing Intimate Citizenship""; ""9 / The Intimate Citizenship Project""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Names""; ""Subject Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437606703321

Titolo

Deafness / / Andrej Kral, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-4614-7840-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Springer handbook of auditory research, , 0947-2657

Altri autori (Persone)

KralAndrej

PopperArthur N

FayRichard R

Disciplina

617.8

Soggetti

Deafness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"ISSN: 0947-2657."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. To Hear or Not To Hear: Neuroscience of Deafness Andrej Kral -- 2. Molecular Etiology of Deafness and Cochlear Consequences Zippora Brownstein, Shaked Shivatzki, and Karen B. Avraham -- 3. Effects of Early-Onset Deafness in the Developing Auditory System Patricia A. Leake, Olga Stakhovskaya, and Stephen J. Rebscher -- 4. Synaptic Organization and Plasticity in the Auditory System of the Deaf White Cat Michael A. Muniak, Catherine J. Connelly, Natasha N. Tirko, Jahn N. O’Neil, and David K. Ryugo -- 5. Synaptic and Cellular Consequences of Hearing Loss Dan H. Sanes -- 6. Integrative Neuronal Functions in Deafness Andrej Kral, Peter Baumhoff, and Robert K. Shepherd -- 7. The Impact of Deafness on the Human Central Auditory and Visual Systems Anu Sharma and Teresa Mitchell -- 8. Multisensory Interactions in Auditory cortex and Auditory Rehabilitation in Deafness Diane S Lazard, Anne-Lise Giraud, and Pascal Barone -- 9. Visual Attention in Deaf Humans: A Neuroplasticity Perspective Matthew W. G. Dye and Daphne Bavelier -- 10. The Consequences of Deafness for Spoken Language Development Peter J. Blamey and Julia Z. Sarant.

Sommario/riassunto

Deafness explores the neuronal consequences of being deaf on the peripheral and the central nervous system as well as on cognition and learning, viewed from the standpoint of genetics, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, molecular biology, systems neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience. ·         To Hear or Not To Hear: Neuroscience of



Deafness  Andrej Kral ·         Molecular Etiology of Deafness and Cochlear Consequences Zippora Brownstein, Shaked Shivatzki, and Karen B. Avraham ·         Effects of Early-Onset Deafness in the Developing Auditory System Patricia A. Leake, Olga Stakhovskaya, and Stephen J. Rebscher ·         Synaptic Organization and Plasticity in the Auditory System of the Deaf White Cat Michael A. Muniak, Catherine J. Connelly, Natasha N. Tirko, Jahn N. O’Neil, and David K. Ryugo ·         Synaptic and Cellular Consequences of Hearing Loss Dan H. Sanes ·         Integrative Neuronal Functions in Deafness Andrej Kral, Peter Baumhoff, and Robert K. Shepherd ·         The Impact of Deafness on the Human Central Auditory and Visual Systems Anu Sharma and Teresa Mitchell ·         Multisensory Interactions in Auditory cortex and Auditory Rehabilitation in Deafness Diane S Lazard, Anne-Lise Giraud, and Pascal Barone ·         Visual Attention in Deaf Humans: A Neuroplasticity Perspective Matthew W. G. Dye and Daphne Bavelier ·         The Consequences of Deafness for Spoken Language Development Peter J. Blamey and Julia Z. Sarant   About the Editors: Andrej Kral is Professor and Director of the Department of Experimental Otology at Hannover Medical School, Germany. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. About the Series: The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of synthetic reviews of fundamental topics dealing with auditory systems. Each volume is independent and authoritative; taken as a set, this series is the definitive resource in the field.