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The last couple of decades have witnessed an explosion of self-and-identity-related literature, spurred in large part by the rapid growth of cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity in the population of the United States, the desire to better understand the interface between identity and social groups, and the question of whether confronting differences brings about changes in self-representation. Much of this literature has, however, often overlooked the fact that diversity encompasses other domains, including disabilities such as deafness. A Lens on Deaf Identities fills this gap by exploring identity formation in deaf persons. How a deaf person develops in societies or groups with preconceived notions of disability, deafness, and what is best for deaf people has implications not only for the psychological well being and self-esteem of the deaf person, but also for what a deaf identity really means, and who decides that identity. The issue of identity formation amongst this population is fraught--even the terminology used to describe people with deafness or hearing loss contradicts the notion of a single'deaf experience'- Deaf, deaf, oral deaf, Oral Hearing Loss, hearing impaired,

Author

Irene W. Leigh

Publisher

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199717644

Subjects

Psychology, Education, Social Science