Deaf and Disability Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Contents

Contents Keyword List vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Interventions, Investments, and Intersections xiii Part One Identities and Locations Introduction and Section Questions 3 “We Are of a Different Class”: Ableist Rhetoric in Deaf America, 1880–1920 Tavian Robinson 5 Intersecting Reflections Khadijat Rashid 22 Deaf Matters: Compulsory Hearing and Ability Trouble Kristen Harmon 31 Focus on Which (Deaf) Space? Identity and Belonging among Deaf Women in New Delhi, India Michele Friedner 48 Contested Signs: Deaf Children, Indigeneity, and Disablement in Denmark and the United States Lakshmi Fjord 67 Part Two Alliances and Activism Introduction and Section Questions 103 Identifying Allies: Explorations of Deaf-Hearing Relationships Joan Ostrove and Gina Oliva 105 v vi Contents Deaf Community Approaches to HIV/AIDS Leila Monaghan and Constanze Schmaling 120 Unlikely Alliances: Crossing the Deaf and Hearing Divide Lindsey Patterson 144 Dale Dahl and Judy Heumann: Deaf Man, Disabled Woman— Allies in 1970s Berkeley Corbett Joan O’Toole 162 Part Three Boundaries and Overlaps Introduction and Section Questions 191 Deaf and Disability Studies: A Conversation with Yerker Andersson Yerker Andersson and Susan Burch 193 Committed Critique: An Interview with Nirmala Erevelles Nirmala Erevelles and Alison Kafer 204 “What Not to Pack”: Conducting Research among Deaf People in Tanzania Jessica Lee 222 Testing the Social Model of Disability: The United Nations and Language Access for Deaf People Soya Mori 235 The Tango: Or, What Deaf Studies and Disability Studies do-do Brenda Jo Brueggemann 245 Bibliography 267 Contributors 287 Index 291 ...