Forbidden Signs : American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language.

Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The ensuing debate over sign language invoked su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baynton, Douglas C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Temas:
Deaf > Means of communication > United States > History.
Sign language > Study and teaching > United States > History.
Deaf > United States > Social conditions.
Personnes sourdes > Moyens de communication > États-Unis > Histoire.
Langage par signes > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Deaf > Means of communication
Deaf > Social conditions
Sign language > Study and teaching
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Introduction; 1. Foreigners in Their Own Land: Community; 1. Foreigners in Their Own Land: Community; 2. Savages and Deaf Mutes: Species and Race; 2. Savages and Deaf Mutes: Species and Race; 3. Without Voices: Gender; 3. Without Voices: Gender; Gallery; Gallery; 4. From Refinement to Efficiency: Culture; 4. From Refinement to Efficiency: Culture; 5. The Natural Language of Signs: Nature; 5. The Natural Language of Signs: Nature; 6. The Unnatural Language of Signs: Normality; 6. The Unnatural Language of Signs: Normality.

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