Signs and wonders : religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language /
Morse, Tracy Ann,
Signs and wonders : religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language / Religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language Tracy Ann Morse. - x, 156 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index.
Intersections of Deafness, Religion, and Rhetoric -- Protestant Ideology and the Arguments for Sign Language in Late Nineteenth-Century Schools for Deaf Children -- Saved by Signs: The Role of the Sanctuary in the Preservation of Sign Language -- Religious Rhetoric in Deaf Community Activism and Advocacy -- Conclusion and Implications. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Current academic discourse frequently understates the role of religion in the development of the American Deaf community. In her new study, Tracy Ann Morse effects a sharp course correction by delineating the frequent use over time of religious rhetoric by members of the Deaf community to preserve and support sign language.
9781563686016 1563686015
2013042676
GBB453666 bnb
016724839 Uk
American Sign Language--Religious aspects.
Church work with deaf people--United States.
Deaf people--Religious life--United States.
HV 2476.4 .M67 2014
Signs and wonders : religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language / Religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language Tracy Ann Morse. - x, 156 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index.
Intersections of Deafness, Religion, and Rhetoric -- Protestant Ideology and the Arguments for Sign Language in Late Nineteenth-Century Schools for Deaf Children -- Saved by Signs: The Role of the Sanctuary in the Preservation of Sign Language -- Religious Rhetoric in Deaf Community Activism and Advocacy -- Conclusion and Implications. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Current academic discourse frequently understates the role of religion in the development of the American Deaf community. In her new study, Tracy Ann Morse effects a sharp course correction by delineating the frequent use over time of religious rhetoric by members of the Deaf community to preserve and support sign language.
9781563686016 1563686015
2013042676
GBB453666 bnb
016724839 Uk
American Sign Language--Religious aspects.
Church work with deaf people--United States.
Deaf people--Religious life--United States.
HV 2476.4 .M67 2014