Ebook: A lens on deaf identities
Author: Irene W. Leigh
- Tags: Deafness., Identity (Psychology), Deafness, Psychological aspects., Self-perception., Group identity.
- Series: Perspectives on deafness
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York, Oxford
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature.
Abstract: This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature