Signs and wonders : religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language / Tracy Ann Morse.
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2014Description: x, 156 pages : illustration ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781563686016
- 1563686015
- Religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language
- HV 2476.4 .M67 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Intersections of Deafness, Religion, and Rhetoric -- 2. Protestant Ideology and the Arguments for Sign Language in Late Nineteenth-Century Schools for Deaf Children -- 3. Saved by Signs: The Role of the Sanctuary in the Preservation of Sign Language -- 4. Religious Rhetoric in Deaf Community Activism and Advocacy -- 5. Conclusion and Implications.
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.
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