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Deaf empowerment : emergence, struggle, and rhetoric

Author: Katherine A Jankowski
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The story of "the struggle between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground." Includes the influences of other social movements of the 60s and 70s, the Deaf President Now! protest at Gallaudet University, and suggestions and hopes for the future.--Jacket.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Jankowski, Katherine A.
Deaf empowerment.
Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 1997
(OCoLC)605329818
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Katherine A Jankowski
ISBN: 1563680610 9781563680618
OCLC Number: 36713131
Description: viii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
A history of the Deaf community in America --
The struggle begins --
The political forces of the 1960s and 1970s --
The Deaf President Now protest --
Seeking a diversified America --
Conclusion.
Responsibility: Katherine A. Jankowski.

Abstract:

The story of "the struggle between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground." Includes the influences of other social movements of the 60s and 70s, the Deaf President Now! protest at Gallaudet University, and suggestions and hopes for the future.--Jacket.

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