Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episo
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English Pages 252 Year 1996
Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Foreigners in Their Own Land: Community
2: Savages and Deaf Mutes: Species and Race
3: Without Voices: Gender
4: From Refinement to Efficiency: Culture
5: The Natural Language of Signs: Nature
6: The Unnatural Language of Signs: Normality
Epilogue: The Trap of Paternalism
Notes
Index