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The Politics of Deafness embarks upon a post-modern examination of the search for identity in deafness and its relationship to the prevalent hearing culture that has marginalized Deaf people. Author Owen Wrigley plainly states his intention to disrupt "normal" thought about the popularly considered condition of deafness as a physical deficiency. From his decade of experience working and living in the Deaf community in Thailand, he uses wide-ranging...

This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies, offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, disability, family, and race. Together, they explore...

This volume offers the authors' insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf world, the community whose natural language, American Sign Language in the United States, is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into focus, the authors attempt to explain what Deaf culture is, including discussions about the benefits of signed language and Deaf culture for Deaf children and hearing people; how Deaf children...