Deaf empowerment
Subtitle: emergence, struggle, and rhetoric
By: Katherine A. Jankowski.
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Deaf -- United States -- History; Deaf -- Civil rights -- United States -- History; Deaf -- Means of communication -- United States -- History
Description: Deaf Empowerment examines the Deaf social movement in America from its inception in the mid-19th century through its growth and empowerment in the late 20th century. Jankowski traces how Deaf advocates adopted tactics from the civil rights movement, the movement for women's rights, and other social revolutions to achieve their goals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-191) and index.