A lens on deaf identities

This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psycholog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leigh, Irene
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2010, 2010
Series:Perspectives on deafness / Perspectives on deafness
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature
Physical Description:xiii, 223 p.
ISBN:9780199864584