The Social Condition of Deaf People: The Story of a Woman and a Hearing Society

by Sara and Folchi

This book is about the social condition of Deaf people, told through a Deaf woman's autobiography and a series of essays investigating how hearing societies relate to Deaf people.
Michel Foucault described the powerful one as the beholder who is not seen. This is why a Deaf woman's perspective is important: Minorities that we don't even suspect we have power over observe us in turn. Majorities exert power over minorities by influencing the environment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110762838
• ISBN13: 9783110762839
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"