Forbidden signs : American culture and the campaign against sign language /

Baynton, Douglas C.

Forbidden signs : American culture and the campaign against sign language / Douglas C. Baynton. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. - xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-215) and index.

0226039633 (alk. paper) 0226039641 (pbk.)

96012889


Deaf--Means of communication--History.--United States
Sign language--Study and teaching--History.--United States
Deaf--Social conditions.--United States

HV 2471 / .B39 1996