Claire L. Shaw asks what it meant to be deaf in a culture that was founded on a radically utopian, socialist view of human perfectibility. Shaw reveals how fundamental contradictions inherent in the Soviet revolutionary project were negotiated?both individually and collectively …
Making the deaf Soviet -- War and reconstruction -- Golden age -- Pygmalion -- Deaf-Soviet identity in decline
In Deaf in the USSR, Claire L. Shaw asks what it meant to be deaf in a culture that was founded on a radically utopian, socialist view of human perfectibility. Shaw reveals how fundamental contradictions inherent in the Soviet revolutionary project were negotiated--both individu…
"This collection of new research examines the development of deaf people's autonomy and citizenship discourses as they sought access to full citizenship rights in local and national settings. Covering the period of 1780-1970, the essays in this collection explore deaf peoples' c…
by Lane, Harlan L., Bahan, Benjamin J., Hoffmeister, Robert J.
by Lane, Harlan L., Hoffmeister, Robert, Bahan, Benjamin J.
Looks at the world of the deaf in America and discusses deaf culture, the education of deaf children, useful technology, and the integration of deaf people into the society at large.
This volume offers the authors' insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf world, the community whose natural language, American Sign Language in the United States, is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into focus, the author…
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among Deaf people. The metaphors and images us…
"This contributed volume provides a global view of recent theoretical and applied research that focuses on literacy education for deaf learners"
Descripción del editor: "What are ethnic groups? Are deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In [this book], Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values…
"What are ethnic groups? Are deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In [this book], Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values, customs, and social or…
by Sandberg-Ciletti, Mechtild, George, Elizabeth
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This engrossing study investigates the connections between hearing and deafness in experimental, Deaf, and multicultural theater. Author Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren focuses on how to articulate a Deaf aesthetic and how to grasp the meaning of moments of "deafness" in theater works th…
