A depiction of the struggle for Deaf French people to preserve their cultural heritage from the French Revolution in 1789 to their social activism against orali

"Much has been written about deaf identities, however, no single book has focused specifically on how different academic disciplines conceptualize deaf identiti

This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of

Disability and the Victorians investigates the attitudes of Victorians towards people with impairments, illustrates how these influenced the interventions they

In the late 19th century, the so-called »German Method«, which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the same t