Cover of Deaf subjects

Book 2009

Deaf subjects

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Publisher
New York University Press
Language
English
Published
2009
  • Deaf
  • Deafness
  • Deafness -- Essays
  • Culture -- Essays
  • Deafness -- history -- Essays
  • History, 19th Century -- Essays
  • History, 20th Century -- Essays
  • Sign Language -- Essays

In this probing exploration of what it means to be deaf, Brenda Brueggemann goes beyond any simple notion of identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. Looking at a variety of cultural texts, she brings her fascination with borders and between-places to expose and enrich our understanding of how deafness embodies itself in the world, in the visual, and in language.