Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-286) and index.
Contents:
"We are of a different class" : ableist rhetoric in deaf America, 1880-1920 -- Intersecting reflections -- Deaf matters : compulsory hearing and ability trouble -- Focus on which (deaf) space? : identity and belonging among deaf women in New Delhi, India -- Contested signs : deaf children, indigeneity, and disablement in Denmark and the United States -- Identifying allies : explorations of deaf-hearing relationships -- Deaf community approaches to HIV/AIDS -- Unlikely alliances : crossing the deaf and hearing divide -- Dale Dahl and Judy Heumann : deaf man, disabled woman-allies in 1970s Berkeley -- Deaf and disability studies : a conversation with Yerker Andersson -- Committed critique : an interview with Nirmala Erevelles -- "What not to pack" : conducting research among deaf people in Tanzania -- Testing the social model of disability : the United Nations and language access for deaf people --The tango, or, What deaf studies and disability studies do-do.
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