Deaf in America

Carol Padden Tom Humphries Carol A. Padden Tom L. Humphries First published 1988

About this book

Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors -- themselves deaf -- argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.

Subjects

362.4/2/0973
anthropology - cultural
deaf
deafness
deafness--history
deafness--united states
deaf--united states
history
hv2545 .p33 1988
language arts & disciplines
new york times reviewed
persons with hearing impairments
politics / current events
popular works
psychosoziale situation
public policy - social services & welfare
sign language
social science / anthropology / cultural
sociology
sociology, social studies
sourds
taubstummheit
united states
usa
wv 270 p123 1988