Signs of Resistance

Signs of Resistance
Author: Susan Burch
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0814798942


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The author demonstrates that in 19th and 20th centuries and contrary to popular belief, the Deaf community defended its use of sign language as a distinctive form of communication, thus forming a collective Deaf consciousness, identity, and political organization.