The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry

The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-304

  Lane, Harlan ^a   Pillard, Richard C ^b   Hedberg, Ulf ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Deaf culture; Deaf world; Disability; Ethnicity; Pedigrees; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855824090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199759293.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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