Deaf empowerment : emergence, struggle, and rhetoric / Katherine A. Jankowski.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: viii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1563680610
- 9781563680618
- 362.420973 21
- HV2530 .J35 1997
Contents:
Summary: The story of "the struggle between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground." Includes the influences of other social movements of the 60s and 70s, the Deaf President Now! protest at Gallaudet University, and suggestions and hopes for the future.--Jacket.
Introduction -- A history of the Deaf community in America -- The struggle begins -- The political forces of the 1960s and 1970s -- The Deaf President Now protest -- Seeking a diversified America -- Conclusion.
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 362.420973 JAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A479793B |
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| 362.42092 SPR Deaf like me / | 362.420944 DEA The Deaf experience : classics in language and education / | 362.420944 DEA The deaf experience : classics in language and education / | 362.420973 JAN Deaf empowerment : emergence, struggle, and rhetoric / | 362.420973 PAD Deaf in America : voices from a culture / | 362.420973 PAD Deaf in America : voices from a culture / | 362.4209744 GRO Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index.
Introduction -- A history of the Deaf community in America -- The struggle begins -- The political forces of the 1960s and 1970s -- The Deaf President Now protest -- Seeking a diversified America -- Conclusion.
The story of "the struggle between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground." Includes the influences of other social movements of the 60s and 70s, the Deaf President Now! protest at Gallaudet University, and suggestions and hopes for the future.--Jacket.
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