From Pathology to Public Sphere : : The German Deaf Movement 1848-1914 / / Ylva Söderfeldt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Söderfeldt, Ylva,
• MitwirkendeR: Söderfeldt, Vorgelegt Von Ylva,; Söderfeldt, Ylva,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Disability Studies. Körper - Macht - Differenz ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)

In the late 19th century, the so-called »German Method«, which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the same time as deaf German schoolchildren were taught to articulate and read lips, an emancipation movement of signing deaf adults emerged across the German Empire.This book tells the story of how deaf people moved from being isolated objects of administration or education, depending on welfare or working in the fields, to becoming an urban middle class collective with claims of self-determination. Main questions addressed in this first comprehensive work on one of the world's oldest movements of disabled people include how deaf organisations emerged, what they fought for, and who was left behind.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Table of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The ‘Deaf-Mutes’ in Numbers, Words, and Practice -- 2. Deaf Lives in Social Context -- 3. Ways to be Deaf -- 4. Conflicts: The Debate in the Deaf Movement -- 5. Epilogue: The Deaf Movement during and after World War I -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Deaf Press Biographies -- Bibliography -- Abstract: From Pathology to Public Sphere -- Zusammenfassung: Aus der Pathologie in die Öffentlichkeit