The people of the eye [electronic resource] : deaf ethnicity and ancestry / Harlan Lane, Richard Pillard, Ulf Hedberg.

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Lane, Harlan L

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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780199863372 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

305.90820973 22

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HV2530

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Summary: What are ethnic groups? Are Deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? This book brings Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies to bear as it compares the values, customs and social organization of the Deaf world to those in ethnic groups.

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What are ethnic groups? Are Deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? This book brings Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies to bear as it compares the values, customs and social organization of the Deaf world to those in ethnic groups.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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