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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455410603321

Autore

Groce Nora Ellen <1952->

Titolo

Everyone here spoke sign language [[electronic resource] ] : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard / / Nora Ellen Groce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c1985

ISBN

0-674-50397-X

0-674-03795-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

362.420974494

Soggetti

Deaf - Massachusetts - Martha's Vineyard - History

Deafness - Genetic aspects

Sign language

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "They Were Just Like Everyone Else" -- 2. The History of Martha's Vineyard -- 3. The Origins of Vineyard Deafness -- 4. The Genetics of Vineyard Deafness -- 5. The Island Adaptation to Deafness -- 6. Growing Up Deaf on the Vineyard -- 7. Deafness in Historical Perspective -- 8. "Those People Weren't Handicapped" -- Appendix A. Oral and Written Sources -- Appendix B. Perceived Causes of Vineyard Deafness