In our own hands : essays in deaf history, 1780-1970 / Brian H. Greenwald and Joseph J. Murray, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenwald, Brian H., editor.

Murray, Joseph J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--United States--History.

Deaf people.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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' claims to autonomy in their personal, religious, social, and organizational lives and make the case that deaf Americans sought to engage, claim, and protect deaf autonomy and citizenship in the face of rising nativism and eugenic currents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These essays reveal how deaf people used their agency to engage in vigorous debates about issues that constantly tested the values of deaf people as Americans. The debates overlapped with social trends and spilled out into particular physical and social spaces such as clubs and churches, as well as within families. These previously unexplored areas in Deaf history intersect with important subthemes in American history, such as Southern history, religious history, and Western history. The contributors demonstrate that as deaf people pushed for their rights as citizens, they met with resistance from hearing people, and the results of their efforts were decidedly mixed. These works reinforce the Deaf community's longstanding desire to be part of the state--that is, to be first-class citizens. In Our Own Hands contributes to an increased understanding of the struggle for citizenship and expands our current understanding of race, gender, religion, and other trends in Deaf history"-- Provided by publisher.

"The essays in this collection explore deaf peoples' claims to autonomy in their personal, religious, social, and organizational lives and reveal how these debates overlapped with social trends and spilled out into social spaces"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Why Give Him a Sign 'Which Hearing People Do Not Understand...? Public Discourses about Deafness, 1780-1914 / Anja Werner Werner, Anja 1

2 "Enlightened Selfishness": Gallaudet College and Deaf Citizenship in the United States, 1864-1904 / Joseph J. Murray Murray, Joseph J. 18

3 Citizenship and Education: The Case of the Black Deaf Community / Carolyn McCaskill McCaskill, Carolyn, Ceil Lucas Lucas, Ceil, Robert Bayley Bayley, Robert, Joseph Hill Hill, Joseph 40

4 From Deaf Autonomy to Parent Autonomy in the Chicago Public Day Schools, 1874-1920 / Motoko Kimura Kimura, Motoko 61

5 Are We Not as Much Citizens As Anybody? Alice Taylor Terry and Deaf Citizenship in the Early Twentieth Century / Kati Morton Mitchell Mitchell, Kati Morton 90

6 Unchurched, Unchampioned, and Undone: The St. Ann's Church Controversy, 1894-1897 / Jannelle Legg Legg, Jannelle 105

7 In Pursuit of Citizenship: Campaigns Against Peddling in Deaf America, 1880s-1950s / Octavian Robinson Robinson, Octavian 127

8 Revisiting Memoir Upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race: Alexander Graham Bell and Deaf Autonomy / Brian H. Greenwald Greenwald, Brian H. 149

9 Compromising for Agency: The Role of the NAD during the American Eugenics Movement, 1880-1940 / Melissa Malzkuhn Malzkuhn, Melissa 171

10 Normalization and Abnormal Genes: Hereditary Deafness Research at the Clarke School for the Deaf, 1930-1950 / Marion Andrea Schmidt Schmidt, Marion Andrea 193

11 The "Breakaways": Deaf Citizens' Groups in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s / Breda Carty Carty, Breda 211

12 Divine and Secular: Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher and the Southern Deaf Community, 1931-1972 / Jean Lindquist Bergey Bergey, Jean Lindquist 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781563686603

1563686600

OCLC:

930257141