Deaf Identity and Social Images in Nineteenth-Century France

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275 5 Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Academy of Medicine, 28 acoumètre, 23 adult night classes, 129, 131 agricultural labor, deaf people as suited for, 33 Alhoy, Louis François, 47 Alliance républicaine des sourds-muets, 150 Alliance Silencieuse, 150, 180 Allibert, Eugène, 24, 75, 115, 205n91 Almanac of Reason, for Year Two of the French Republic (Desloges), 107 American Sign Language, 3, 4, 5 Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), 1, 2, 196 anti-association law, 113 articulated speech. See oralism Asnières Deaf Institute, 72, 96–98 assimilation. See integration Association amicale des sourds-muets de la Champagne, 143, 144 Association amicale des sourds-muets de la Seine, 146, 151, 152, 172, 190 Association fraternelle des sourds-muets de l’Est, 145 Association fraternelle des sourds-muets de Normandie, 155 Austria, 162, 176, 189 Baguer, Gustave, 188 Barnartt, Sharon, 4 banquets and banquet movement, 114–118; competition between social welfare organizations in, 127–128, 130; government representatives at, 129–130; as venues for deaf solidarity, 139–140; women in, 171 Baynton, Douglas, 3 Bébian, Roch-Ambroise-Auguste, 46, 51; Berthier’s biography of, 124–125; creation of historical image of, 125; in creation of historical image of Epée, 126; dismissal of from Paris Institute, 59–60; educational model of, 66–67; friendship with Laurent Clerc, 50–51; linguistic study of sign language by, 62; negative critique of Paris Institute by, 64–67; in promotion of deaf equality in education, 49–50; in promotion of sign language, 54–59; on Sicard, 55, 62 Bélanger, Adolphe, 73 Bell, Alexander Graham, 166, 173 Berg, Albert, 164 Bernard, Yves, 5, 199n20 Berthier, Ferdinand, 50, 109; audience with King Louis-Philippe, 110–112; in banquet movement, 114, 115, 129; biography of Bébian of, 124–125; biography of Epée of, 125–127; on civic duty, 122–123; in creation of deaf history, 124; death of, 137; early life of, 108; on faculty of Paris Institute, 108–109, 130; on government’s role in deaf education, 74; impact of oralism on career of, 113; on jurisdiction of deaf schools, 119; as Legion of Honor recipient, 123; political candidacy of, 119–121; on popular sovereignty, 120; resistance to oralism by, 109–110; as role model, 34, 58; on Sicard, 47; as teacher, 75, 84 Bicêtre Hospital, 106 Blanchet, Alexandre: activism of, 87; in banquet movement, 127; as benefactor, 168; death of, 130; investigation of teaching techniques by, 27–30; on sign language, 89 Bonaparte, Louis-Napoleon, 122, 123 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 47 Bonet, Juan Pablo, 55 Bordeaux Deaf Institute, 70, 92, 94, 134 Borel, Abbé, 63, 110, 112 Bouly, Eugène, 32–33 Bourgeois, Léon, 97 Branson, Jan, 4 Bridgman, Laura, 15, 202n29 Buisson, Ferdinand, 97 Burch, Susan, 3 Capon, Louis-Augustin, 154; activism of, 153–155; on deaf education, 174–175; oralism and, 191; at Paris International Congress, 184 Carnot, Sadi, 142 Cercle Abbé de l’Epée, 143 Chambellan, Victor-Gomer, 8; in banquet movement, 131; on benefactors, 168; defense of sign language by, 94–96; early life of, 134–135; on employment, 165; on intelligence of deaf people, 137; on International Deaf Congress program committee, 162; on marriage and family, 166; at Mercier wedding, 145; on sign language, 135, 163–164; on social discrimination, 135–136; in Société Centrale, 135 Chambéry Deaf Institute, 70–71 Charles X, 110 Charter of Rights for Deaf People (1998), 195, 196, 197 Chazal, Joseph, 172, 173–174 Chazottes, Abbé, 131 Chicago Congress (1893), 171–175 Cicé, Monsignor Champion de, 39 civic duty, 91, 96, 122–123 Claveau, Oscar, 91–92 Clerc, Laurent, 34; friendship with Bébian, 50–51, 55; on learning environment at Paris Institute, 75–77; on Lyon deaf school, 82; in public demonstrations, 53–54, 108; role at Paris Institute, 51; survey of schools by, 68 Clermont deaf school, 81 Cochefer, Joseph, 141; activism of, 140–143; Chicago Congress and, 171; on deaf associations, 190; on division between deaf and hearing Congress delegates, 184; education and training of, 142; in Federation of French Deaf Societies, 181; state recognition of, 180 Comberry, David, 82, 224n69 Comité des sourds-muets mimes, 159 Committee of Public Safety (1792-94), 43 Condillac, Abbé Etienne Bonnot de, 10 Confédération nationale des sourds de France, 195 Congress of Milan (1880), 91–93, 191, 194 cultural identity: criteria for usefulness as model, 6–7; deaf history as model for, 4–6 cultural imperialism, 4 Davidson, Samuel Gaston...