The
people of the eye : deaf ethnicity and ancestry
Lane, Harlan L.
creator
Pillard, Richard.
Hedberg, Ulf.
text
nyu
New York
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011
monographic
eng
1 online resource.
What are ethnic groups? Are Deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? This book brings Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies to bear as it compares the values, customs and social organization of the Deaf world to those in ethnic groups.
specialized
Harlan Lane, Richard Pillard, Ulf Hedberg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Deaf
United States
History
Deafness
Social aspects
United States
Heredity
Ethnic groups
HV2530
305.90820973
9780199863372 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199759293.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199759293.001.0001
StDuBDS
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20171008095350.0
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