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A Socio-Anthropological Perspective of American Deaf Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

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During the past decades, the deaf in the United States, as well as those in other countries, have been trying to define themselves within society. They constitute, indeed, a “different” population group, insofar as they are “disabled,” and they also have their own language that they utilize for interpersonal communication. So, as a group, they are called “a group of disabled individuals,” “a distinct Deaf Culture,” “a linguistic minority,” “a society,” “a community,” “a sub-culture,” etc.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

Notes

1. P.C. Higgins, Outsiders in a Hearing World. A Sociology of Deafness, Newbury Park, Calf., 1980.

2. H.W. Hoemann, Introduction to American Sign Language, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1990.

3. M. Vernon and J. Andrews, The Psychology of Deafness. Understanding Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People, New York, 1990.

4. V. Janesick and D. Moores, "Ethnic and Cultural Considerations," in: D. Moores et al. (eds.), Toward Effective Public School Programs for Deaf Students: Context, Processes, and Outcomes, New York, 1992.

5. G.H. Furth, "Preface," in: idem, Thinking without Language. Psychological Impli cations of Deafness, New York, 1996. My italics.

6. Ibid. My italics.

7. Quoted in: O. Sacks, Seeing Voices. A Journey into the World of the Deaf, Berkeley, 1989.

8. R. H. Winthrop, Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, New York, 1991.

9. S.J. Carmel and L.F. Monaghan, "Studying Deaf Culture. An Introduction to Ethnographic Work in Deaf Communities," in: Sign Language Studies, 73 (1990), pp. 411-20.

10. C. Padden and T. Humphries, Deaf in America. Voices from a Culture, Cam bridge, Mass., 1988.

11. C. Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures, New York, 1973.

12. C. Padden and T. Humphries (note 10 above).

13. O. Sacks (note 7 above).

14. C. Seymour-Smith, Macmillan Dictionary of Anthropology, London 1986.

15. M. Sahlins, Culture and Practical Reason, Chicago, 1976.

16. H. Lane, The Mask of Benevolence. Disabling the Deaf Community, New York, 1992.

17. G. L. Stewart, "Debunking the Bilingual-Bicultural Snow Job in the American Deaf Community," in: M.D. Garretson (ed.), Eyes, Hands, Voices, National Association of the Deaf, 1996.