Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index
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Introduction: Deaf communities -- Deafness and deafhood in Western civilization--toward the development of a new conceptual framework -- Twentieth century discourses -- Culture--Definitions and theories -- Deaf culture: Discourses and definitions -- Researching deaf communities--Subaltern researcher methodologies -- Roots of deaf culture: Residential schools -- Roots of deaf culture: Deaf clubs and deaf subalterns Subaltern rebels and deafhood--National dimensions -- Conclusions and implications -- Afterword -- Further reading -- Appendices -- Charity colony-- Blue ribbon ceremony -- Questions discussed with informants -- United kingdom council on deafness -- Bibliography -- Index