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Auguste Bébian : Paving the Way for Deaf Emancipation / Fabrice Bertin ; translated from the French by Nicolas Carter and Chris Hinton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bertin, Fabrice, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Be´bian, Monsieur (Auguste), 1789-1839.
- Be´bian.
- Deaf people--Education--France--History--19th century.
- Deaf people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Published in French and English by INSEI Editions, Suresnes, France.English edition distributed throughout the world by Gallaudet University Press.To some, he is a mythical figure; to others, he is unknown.Auguste Bébian (1789-1839) reflects society's ambivalence toward Deaf history: sometimes recognized, often ignored.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A capital question: deaf/Deaf
- Preamble. Writing a biography: choosing between myth and oblivion
- Preface. A central place in the history of the Deaf community
- Chapter 1. Itinerary of a man in the shadows
- Chapter 2. From deaf to Deaf
- Chapter 3 Emergence of a new paradigm
- Chapter 4. Bébian, forerunner and emancipator: an anthropological view of deafness
- Chapter 5. Bébian the pedagogue: a pioneering educational thinker
- Conclusion
- Sources and Methods
- Sources: Archives and Bibliography
- Annexes
- Index of Names.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-954622-64-3
- OCLC:
- 1456759358
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