This book examines how deafness and deaf people are viewed within education, linguists, social political, as well as presented within film and fiction. It examines the perspective of deaf people themselves and current issues within a historical perspective. How are recent developments challenging established ideologies?
Edited by Susan Gregory and Gillian Hartley in the UK. This book was first published in 1991. This is the 2002 reprinted edition.
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