Forbidden Signs (Paperback, New edition)

This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language amongst deaf people. The debate about sign language invoked such fundamental questions as what distinguished Americans from non-Americans, civilized people from "savages", humans from animals, men from women, the natural from the unnatural, and the normal from the abnormal. An advocate of the return to sign language, the author found that, although the grounds of the debate have shifted, educators still base decisions on many of the same metaphors and images that led to the misguided efforts to eradicate sign language.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	June 1998
Authors:	Douglas C. Baynton
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	235
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-03964-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-226-03964-1
Barcode:	9780226039640

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