Deaf and Disability Studies

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Pub. Date: 2010-06-30
Publisher(s): Gallaudet Univ Pr
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Summary

This collection presents 14 essays by renowned scholars on Deaf people, Deafhood, Deaf histories, and Deaf identity, but from different points of view on the Deaf/Disability compass. Editors Susan Burch and Alison Kafer have divided these works around three themes. The first, Identities and Locations, explores Deaf identity in different contexts. Topics range from a history of activism shaped by the ableism of Deaf elites in the United States from 18801920, to a discussion of the roles that economics, location, race, and culture play in the experiences of a Deaf woman from northern Nigeria now living in Washington, D.C.Alliances and Activism showcases activism organized across differences. Studies include a feminist analysis of how deaf and hearing women working together share responsibility, and an examination of how intra-cultural variations in New York City and Quebec affect deaf-focus HIV/AIDS programs. The third theme, Boundaries and Overlaps, explicitly addresses the relationships between Deaf Studies and Disability Studies. Interviews with scholars from both disciplines help define these relationships. Another contributor calls for hearing/not-deaf people with disabilities to support their Deaf peers in gaining langue access to the United Nations.Deaf and Disability Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectivesreveals that different questions often lead to contrary conclusions among their authors, who still recognize that they all have a stake in this partnership.

Author Biography

Susan Burch is Associate Professor of American Studies and Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT.

Alison Kafer is Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies at Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.

Table of Contents

Keyword Listp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introduction: Interventions, Investments, and Intersectionsp. xiii
Identities and Locations: Introduction and Section Questionsp. 3
ôWe Axe of a Different Classö: Ableist Rhetoric in Deaf America, 1880-1920p. 5
Intersecting Reflectionsp. 22
Deaf Matters: Compulsory Hearing and Ability Troublep. 31
Focus on Which (Deaf) Space? Identity and Belonging among Deaf Women in New Delhi, Indiap. 48
Contested Signs: Deaf Children, Indigeneity, and Disablement in Denmark and the United Statesp. 67
Alliances and Activism: Introduction and Section Questionsp. 103
Identifying Allies: Explorations of Deaf-Hearing Relationshipsp. 105
Deaf Community Approaches to HIV/AIDSp. 120
Unlikely Alliances: Crossing the Deaf and Hearing Dividep. 144
Dale Dahl and Judy Heumann: Deaf Man, Disabled Woman-Allies in 1970s Berkeleyp. 162
Boundaries and Overlaps: Introduction and Section Questionsp. 191
Deaf and Disability Studies: A Conversation with Yerker Anderssonp. 193
Committed Critique: An Interview with Nirmala Erevellesp. 204
ôWhat Not to Packö: Conducting Research among Deaf People in Tanzaniap. 222
Testing the Social Model of Disability: The United Nations and Language Access for Deaf Peoplep. 235
The Tango: Or, What Deaf Studies and Disability Studies Do-Dop. 245
Bibliographyp. 267
Contributorsp. 287
Indexp. 291
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