附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index.
Introduction: Deaf communities -- Deafness and deafhood in Western civilization--toward the development of a new conceptual framework -- Twentieth century discourses -- Culture--Definitions and theories -- Deaf culture: Discourses and definitions -- Researching deaf communities--Subaltern researcher methodologies -- Roots of deaf culture: Residential schools -- Roots of deaf culture: Deaf clubs and deaf subalterns Subaltern rebels and deafhood--National dimensions -- Conclusions and implications -- Afterword -- Further reading -- Appendices -- Charity colony-- Blue ribbon ceremony -- Questions discussed with informants -- United kingdom council on deafness -- Bibliography -- Index.
摘要:This text presents a "Traveller's Guide" to deaf culture, starting from the premise that deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines, and human lives in general.