Signs and Wonders: Religious Rhetoric and the Preservation of Sign Language

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 1 Intersections of Deafness, Religion, and Rhetoric 9 2 Protestant Ideology and the Arguments for Sign Language in Late NineteenthCentury Schools for Deaf Children 35 3 Saved by Signs: The Role of the Sanctuary in the Preservation of Sign Language 66 4 Religious Rhetoric in Deaf Community Activism and Advocacy 86 5 Conclusion and Implications 130 Bibliography 145 Index 151 ...