Deaf Gain
Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. In this bold intervention into ongoing debates about disability and what it means to be human, experts from a variety of disciplines--neuroscience, linguistics, bioethics, history, cultura… Celý popis ↓
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Deaf Gain
Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. In this bold intervention into ongoing debates about disability and what it means to be human, experts from a variety of disciplines--neuroscience, linguistics, bioethics, history, cultural studies, education, public policy, art, and architecture--advance the concept of Deaf Gain and challenge assumptions about what is normal.Through their in-depth articulation of Deaf Gain, the editors and authors of this pathbreaking volume approach deafness as a distinct way of being in the world, one which opens up perceptions, perspectives, and insights that are less common to the majority of hearing persons. Yet a definition of deaf people based on hearing loss obscures a wealth of ways in which societies have benefited from the significant contributions of deaf people.
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Parametre
- Výrobca
- University of Minnesota
- Autor
- L. Bauman, H-Dirksen
- Počet strán
- 568
- Rok vydania
- 2014