Lend Me Your Ear: Rhetorical Constructions of Deafness

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Lend:Aie Your lfar RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF DEAFNESS ~ BrendaJo Brueggemann Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002© 1999 by Gallaudet University. All rights reserved. Published 1999 Printed in the United States ofAmerica The poem "Deafness" on page 102 is reprinted by permission of the editor from Poetry 167.1-2 (October/November 1995): 30. © 1995 by The Modern Poetry Association. All efforts have been made to obtain permission to reprint copyrighted material. Library afCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brueggemann, Brenda Jo, 1958Lend me your ear : rhetorical constructions ofdeafness / Brenda Jo Brueggemann p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-56368-079-3 (he. : alk. paper) 1. Deafness-Social Aspects. 2. Deaf-Social conditions. 3. Deaf-Means ofcommunication. 4. Deaf-Education. 5. Sociology ofdisability. I. Title. HV2380.B69 1999 362.4'2-dc21 99-20807 elP§ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofAmerican National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. for Jim ...