The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry

by Richard C. Pillard, Ulf Hedberg, Harlan Lane

What are ethnic groups? Are Deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In The People of the Eye, Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values, customs, and social organization of the Deaf World to those in ethnic groups. Arguing against the common representation of ASL signers as a disability group, the authors discuss the many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199759294
• ISBN13: 9780199759293
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"