Harvard University Press, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674015061 9780674015067 [US]

Harvard University Press, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less. 2005. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674015061 9780674015067 [US]

ISBN10: 0674015061, ISBN13: 9780674015067, [publisher: Harvard University Press, USA] Hardcover 208 pages. ex-library with usual stamps & markings. Protective cover. Some wear / marksINSIDE DEAF CULTUREby Carol Padden & Tom Humphries Harvard University Press, USA, 2005ISBN 978067401506 7hb, dj, 208pp, 14 x 21 cmFAIR: ex-library with usual stamps & markings. Protective cover. Some wear / marks In this absorbing story of the changing life of a com munity, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events a nd forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define thems elves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people's search for a voice of their own, and their proud self-discovery and self-de scription as a flourishing culture. Padden and Humphries show how the nineteenth-century schools for the deaf, with their denigrat ion of sign language and their insistence on oralist teaching, sh aped the lives of Deaf people for generations to come. They descr ibe how Deaf culture and art thrived in mid-twentieth century Dea f clubs and Deaf theatre, and profile controversial contemporary technologies.Most triumphant is the story of the surv ival of the rich and complex language American Sign Language, lon g misunderstood but finally recently recognized by a hearing worl d that could not conceive of language in a form other than speech . In a moving conclusion, the authors describe their own very dif ferent pathways into the Deaf community, ...

Cambridge Harvard University Press 2005 1st hardcover Fine copy in fine dust jacket 8vo, 208 pp., Inscribed & signed by the author, Carol Padden, on the title page.