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Deaf in America : voices from a culture / Carol Padden, Tom Humphries.

Padden, Carol. (Author). Humphries, Tom (Tom L.) (Added Author).

Summary:

Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors--themselves deaf--argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0674194233
  • ISBN: 9780674194236
  • ISBN: 0674194241
  • ISBN: 9780674194243
  • Physical Description: vii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Learning to be deaf -- Images of being -- A different center -- Living in others' world -- A changing consciousness -- The meaning of sound -- Historically created lives.
Subject:
University of South Alabama
Deaf > United States.
Deaf.
United States.
Deafness > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library HV 2545 .P33 1988 254166 Stacks Available -

Summary: Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors--themselves deaf--argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.