Publications

Publication details [#18061]

Baynton, Douglas C. 1996. Forbidden signs: American culture and the campaign against sign language. University of Chicago Press. xi + 228 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

deafness | sign language

Language as a subject

Language of the deaf | Sign Language, American

Annotation

This book focuses on issues of American sign language and deafness from the mid-19th century through 1920 as a mirror of general American hearing culture.

Reviewed by

Senghas, Richard J. 1998. Review of $Forbidden signs: American culture and the campaign against sign language.