Deaf People, Language, and Emancipation in Modern France, 178... - 9780198940128

Deaf People, Language, and Emancipation in Modern France, 17891914Author(s): Sabine Arnaud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198940128, 978-0198940128\nSynopsis\nFollowing the death in 1789 of Abb de l'Epe, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils. There was little doubt about their ability to integrate as full citizens and communicate fully in sign language and written French. One hundred years later, deaf writers and journalists were editing journals and penning articles about the impact of politics on the education and social opportunities of deaf people. But in broader contexts, deaf people's capacities were increasingly reframed within newly established, exclusionary, and othering scientific and medical categories. What made such a reversal possible?\n\nDeaf People, Language, and Eman.