Inside Deaf Culture

Informationen zum Autor Carol A. Padden and Tom Humphries Klappentext In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that deaf people define themselves today. From these pages emerge clear and bold voices, speaking out from inside this once silenced community. Zusammenfassung In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people’s search for a voice of their own, and their proud self-discovery and self-description as a flourishing culture.

Product details

• Authors: Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries, Carol Humphries Padden, Carol Padden, Tom Humphries, Carol A. Humphries Padden, Carol A Padden, Tom L Humphries, Padden Carol A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.10.2006
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780674022522
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02252-2
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions (packing): 14 x 21 x 1.3 cm
• Subjects: Sociology, Psychology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Disability: social aspects, Social groups, communities and identities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability