Deaf and Disability Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Alison Kafer

This collection presents 14 essays by renowned scholars on Deaf people, Deafhood, Deaf histories, and Deaf identity, but from different points of view on the Deaf/Disability compass. Editors Susan Burch and Alison Kafer have divided these works around three themes. The first, Identities and Locations, explores Deaf identity in different contexts. Topics range from a history of activism shaped by the ableism of Deaf elites in the United States...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563684640
• ISBN13: 9781563684647
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"