Deaf Subjects Between Identities and Places

In this probing exploration of what it means to be deaf, Brenda Brueggemann goes beyond any simple notion of identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. Looking at a variety of cultural texts, she brings her fascination with borders and between-places to expose and enrich our un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brueggemann, Brenda Jo, 1958- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, New York : New York University Press [2009]
Series:Cultural front (Series)
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817326206719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Between:
  • 2. American Sign Language and the Academy
  • 3. Approaching American Sign Language Literature
  • 4. Narrating Deaf Lives
  • 5. Deaf Eyes
  • 6. Posting Mabel
  • 7. Economics, Euthanasia, Eugenics
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author