Signs of resistance American deaf cultural history, 1900 to World War II

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of Deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an...

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Autor principal: Burch, Susan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press 2002.
New York, NY : [2002]
Colección:History of disability series.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations Frequently Used
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Irony of Acculturation
  • 2. Visibly Different
  • 3. The Extended Family
  • 4. Working Identities
  • 5 The Full Court Press
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author