Screen LibraryDeaf in Japan：signing and the politics of identity
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Cornell University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ithaca, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 226 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0801443504 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801443503 (cloth : alk. paper) 080147356X (pbk.) 9780801473562 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D731 |
| CLC: | D731.386.9 |
| Call Number: | D731.386.9/N163 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index. The politics of Japanese sign language -- The early history of the deaf in Japan -- Life history : Nakano Shizuyo, a prewar-generation deaf woman -- Middle-generation deaf in the postwar period -- Three postwar women's lives : Sano Hiroe, Horikawa Hiro, and Funata Hatsuko -- The postwar generation of deaf activists -- The Japanese Federation of the Deaf and the welfare state -- Deaf students in the post-mainstreaming era -- Life history : Yamashita Mayumi, a deaf youth in contemporary Japan -- Language wars and language politics, or, How an itinerant anthropologist introduced a new sign into |