Crossing the divide : representations of deafness in biography /

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"This volume examines the process by which three deaf, French biographers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries attempted to cross the cultural divide between deaf and hearing worlds through their work. The very different approach taken by each writer sheds light on determining at what po...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hartig, Rachel Mildred
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Berthier, Ferdinand, > 1803-1886.
Pitrois, Yvonne.
Rocheleau-Rouleau, Corinne, > 1881-1963.
Deaf > History.
Deaf > Biography.
Biographers > Biography.
Persons With Hearing Impairments > history
Deafness > history
Disabled Persons > history
Personnes sourdes > Histoire.
Personnes sourdes > Biographies.
Biographes > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Deaf.
Biographers.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On the nature of biographical form : is biography disguised autobiography?
  • Crossing the divide : Yvonne Pitrois and Helen Keller dialogue about disability
  • Jean-Ferdinand Berthier : the development of an activist
  • Yvonne Pitrois : a journey from darkness to light
  • Corinne Rocheleau : rescripting life as a deaf woman
  • Biography in deaf hands : an analysis.

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