Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban IndiaAlthough 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 self making and sociality under new regimes of labor and economy in India. Friedner contends that deafness actually becomes a source of value for deaf