Damned for Their Difference: The Cultural Construction of Deaf People as "disabled" : a Sociological HistoryUntil the recent recognition of Deaf culture and the legitimacy of signed languages, majority societies around the world have classified Deaf people as "disabled," a term that separates all persons so designated from the mainstream in a disparaging way. Damned for Their Difference offers a well-founded explanation of how this discrimination came to be through a discursive exploration of the cultural, social, and historical contexts of these attitudes and behavior toward deaf people, especially in Great Britain. |
Contents
The Classification | 36 |
PART | 57 |
The New Philosophy Sign Language and the Search | 66 |
The Formalization of Deaf Education and | 91 |
The Great Confinement of Deaf People | 121 |