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- catalog abstract ""During the early nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These Schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an emerging Deaf community and culture. But by mid-century, an oralist movement developed that sought to suppress sign language, removing Deaf teachers and requiring deaf people to learn speech and lip reading. Historians have all assumed that in the early decades of the twentieth century oralism triumphed overwhelmingly." "Susan Burch shows us that everyone has it wrong; Deaf students, teachers, and staff consistently and creatively subverted oralist policies and goals within the schools. Ultimately, the efforts to assimilate Deaf people resulted in fortifying their ties to a separate Deaf cultural community." "In Signs of Resistance, Susan Burch persuasively reinterprets early twentieth century Deaf history. Using community sources such as Deaf newspapers, memoirs, films, and oral (sign language) interviews, Burch shows how the Deaf community mobilized to defend sign language, increased its political activism, and clarified its cultural values. In the process, a collective Deaf Consciousness, identity, and political organization were formed."--Jacket.".
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- catalog contributor b12642007.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""During the early nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These Schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an emerging Deaf community and culture. But by mid-century, an oralist movement developed that sought to suppress sign language, removing Deaf teachers and requiring deaf people to learn speech and lip reading. Historians have all assumed that in the early decades of the twentieth century oralism triumphed overwhelmingly." "Susan Burch shows us that everyone has it wrong; Deaf students, teachers, and staff consistently and creatively subverted oralist policies and goals within the schools. Ultimately, the efforts to assimilate Deaf people resulted in fortifying their ties to a separate Deaf cultural community." "In Signs of Resistance, Susan Burch persuasively reinterprets early twentieth century Deaf history. Using community sources such as Deaf newspapers, memoirs, films, and oral (sign language) interviews, Burch shows how the Deaf community mobilized to defend sign language, increased its political activism, and clarified its cultural values. In the process, a collective Deaf Consciousness, identity, and political organization were formed."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.".
- catalog description "The Irony of acculturation -- Visibly different : sign language and the deaf community -- The extended family : associations of the deaf -- Working identities : labor issues -- The full court press : legal issues -- Conclusion : the irony of acculturation, continued.".
- catalog extent "ix, 230 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0814798918 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "history of disability series".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.9/08162/097309041 21".
- catalog subject "Deaf United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "HV2530 .B87 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Irony of acculturation -- Visibly different : sign language and the deaf community -- The extended family : associations of the deaf -- Working identities : labor issues -- The full court press : legal issues -- Conclusion : the irony of acculturation, continued.".
- catalog title "Signs of resistance : American deaf cultural history, 1900 to World War II / Susan Burch.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".