Sign Language, the Deaf and the Epistemic Violence of Mainstreaming.

Branson, Jan; Miller, Don

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ERIC Number: EJ468899

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Publication Date: 1993

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Sign Language, the Deaf and the Epistemic Violence of Mainstreaming.

Branson, Jan; Miller, Don

Language and Education, v7 n1 p21-41 1993

A study of the relationship between the deaf, their native sign languages, and the encompassing hearing societies and their cultures, within the context of schooling, demonstrates how the discourse on sign language within education is a vital ingredient in the assertion of symbolic power by the hearing establishment over the deaf community. The case of Australia is cited. (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Deafness, Epistemology, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Power Structure, Sign Language, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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