Open your eyes : deaf studies talking / H-Dirksen L. Bauman, editor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bauman, H-Dirksen L., 1964-

Conference Name:

Deaf Studies Think Tank : (2002 : Gallaudet University)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Congresses.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Social conditions--Congresses.

Sign language--Congresses.

Sign language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 349 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Summary:

A landmark work on the history, future, and implications of deaf studiesMoving beyond proving the existence of deaf culture, Open Your Eyes shows how the culture contributes vital insights on issues of identity, language, and power, and, ultimately, challenges our culture’s obsession with normalcy.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction: Listening to Deaf Studies; Part I. Framing Deaf Studies; Part II. Deaf Perception and Community; Part III. Language and Literacy; Part IV. Places and Borders; Part V. Intersections and Identities; Part VI. The Question of Disability; Postscript: Gallaudet Protests of 2006 and the Myths of In/Exclusion; Contributors; Index

Notes:

"This book was born out of the Deaf Studies Think Tank, a three-day symposium in the summer of 2002"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816653928 (e-book)

9780816646180 (hbk.)

9780816646197 (pbk.)

0-8166-5392-5

OCLC:

437212152