The cultural meaning of deafness : language, identity and power relations / Jennifer Harris.
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TextPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: viii, 194 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1859721214
- 9781859721216
- 305.908162 20
- HV2395 .H37 1995
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 305.908162 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A124585B |
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| 305.908162 DEA Deaf world : a historical reader and primary sourcebook / | 305.908162 DUG Aspects of being deaf in New Zealand / | 305.908162 DUG Aspects of being deaf in New Zealand / | 305.908162 HAR The cultural meaning of deafness : language, identity and power relations / | 305.908162 HOL Deaf culture our way : anecdotes from the deaf community / | 305.908162 HOL Deaf culture our way : anecdotes from the deaf community / | 305.908162 HOL Deaf culture our way : anecdotes from the deaf community / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190).
Tables and Figure -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The context of the research -- 2. Early family life and the formation of Deaf identities -- 3. Educational experiences; symbolic language oppression, the imposition of hearing identity and the ignominy of sign language -- 4. Employment experiences: social relations between Deaf & hearing workers: linguistic isolation and submerged identity -- 5. Identity and power relations -- 6. Social, linguistic and political functions of the Deaf Club -- 7. The politics of Deafness: the construction of difference, BDA rhetoric and liberated identity -- 8. The cultural meaning of Deafness -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Terminology -- Appendix 2: Atlas.ti and use of computers in qualitative research.
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