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At Home Among Strangers: Exploring the Deaf Community in the United States
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At Home Among Strangers presents an engrossing portrait of the Deaf community as a complex, nationwide social network that offers unique kinship to deaf people across the country. Schein depicts in striking detail the history and culture of the Deaf community, its structural underpinnings, the intricacies of family life, issues of education and rehabilitation, economic factors, and interaction with the medical and legal professions. This book is a fascinating, provocative exploration of the Deaf community in the United States for scholars and lay people alike.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page, Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Deaf Culture
3. Structural Underpinnings of the Deaf Community
4. Family Life
5. Education and Rehabilitation
6. Economic Life
7. Medical, Legal, and Interpreting Services
8. A Theory of Deaf Community Development
9. The Theory at Work
References
Index
| ISBN | 9781563681646 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780930323516, 9781563681417 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 794702302 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2012-02-08 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | No |
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