Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements xii
5. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations xvii
6. Plates xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1 Deaf Communities 26
9. Chapter 2 Deafness and Deafhood in Western Civilisation – Towards the Development of a New Conceptual Framework 75
10. Chapter 3 Twentieth Century Discourses 135
11. Chapter 4 Culture – Definitions and Theories 196
12. Chapter 5 Deaf Culture: Discourses and Definitions 232
13. Chapter 6 Researching Deaf Communities – Subaltern Researcher Methodologies 267
14. Chapter 7 The Roots of Deaf Culture: Residential Schools 297
15. Chapter 8 The Roots of Deaf Culture: Deaf Clubs and Deaf Subalterns 332
16. Chapter 9 Subaltern Rebels and Deafhood – National Dimensions 369
17. Chapter 10 Conclusions and Implications 401
18. Chapter 11 Afterword 434
19. Further Reading 463
20. Appendix 1 Charity Colony 467
21. Appendix 2 Text of the Blue Ribbon Ceremony, XIII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, Brisbane, Australia 25–31 July 1999 469
22. Appendix 3 List of Initial Questions and Topic Areas Presented to Deaf Informants 472
23. Appendix 4 United Kingdom Council on Deafness 475
24. Bibliography 477
25. Index 496