Deaf Subjects: Between Identities and Places

by Brenda Jo Brueggemann

Book Overview

In this probing exploration of what it means to be deaf, Brenda Brueggemann goes beyond any simple notion of identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. Looking at a variety of cultural texts, she brings her fascination with borders and between-places to expose and enrich our understanding of how deafness embodies itself in the world, in the visual, and in language.
Taking on the creation of the modern deaf subject, Brueggemann...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814799671
• ISBN13: 9780814799673
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"