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HIS-731 History of the American Deaf...
This course will introduce students to the history of the American Deaf community. While recent studies in social history have challenged our notions of race, class, and gender, historians have not yet fully addressed a fundamental component in our historical identity: physical ability and its underlying concept of normality. A close study of Deaf history offers one approach to this issue, and students will confront some of the specific issues facing this minority group. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which deafness has been interpreted within the mainstream community, as well as how the Deaf people expressed and preserved their cultural identity. By studying the changes in this group and its relation to hearing society, this course also raises broader issues of cultural identity in the United States.
Program: History
Credit: 3
HIS-334
Introduction to Documentary…
Students will become acquainted with documentary film as…
HIS-732
History of Mass…
This is an historical survey of the mass…
Credits 3
HIS-733
Topics in European…
This course will cover a variety of important…
HIS-734
Deaf People in…
This course will cover a series of important…
HIS-735
History of Disability…
This course will address the meaning of disability…
HIS-755
Deaf Women's History
Examining the intersection of women's history and Deaf…