From Pathology to Public Sphere - The German Deaf Movement 1848-1914

In the late 19th century, the so-called »German Method«, which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the same time as deaf German schoolchildren were taught to articulate and read lips, an emancipation movement of signing deaf adults emerged across the German Empire.
This book tells the story of how deaf people moved from being isolated objects of administration or education, depending on welfare or working in the fields, to becoming an urban middle class collective with claims of self-determination. Main questions addressed in this first comprehensive work on one of the world's oldest movements of disabled people include how deaf organisations emerged, what they fought for, and who was left behind.

About the author

Ylva Söderfeldt (M.A.) is a historian living in Berlin, Germany. Her research interests are located in the juncture between intellectual and social history, focusing on the history of medicine and Disability History.

Report

»Mit Ylva Söderfeldts Studie [...] wird wichtiges Neuland innerhalb der Geschichtswissenschaft betreten. Söderfeldt bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Welt gehörloser Deutscher im 19. Jahrhundert und bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs.«

Anja Werner, H-Soz-u-Kult, 20.01.2014 20140120

Product details

• Authors: Ylva Söderfeldt
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783837621198
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-2119-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 4 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Disability Studies: Körper - Macht - Differenz; Disability Studies 09; Disability Studies. Körper - Macht - Differenz; Disability Studies 09
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous