1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910845067603321

Autore

Burch Susan

Titolo

Signs of resistance : American deaf cultural history, 1900 to World War II / / Susan Burch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, 2002

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

9780814789988

0814789986

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

The history of disability series

Disciplina

305.9/08162/097309041

Soggetti

Deaf people - United States - History - 20th century

Deaf culture - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Frequently Used -- Introduction -- 1. The Irony of Acculturation -- 2. Visibly Different -- 3. The Extended Family -- 4. Working Identities -- 5 The Full Court Press -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of Deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an emerging Deaf community and culture. But beginning in the 1880s, an oralist movement developed that sought to suppress sign language, removing Deaf teachers and requiring deaf people to learn speech and lip reading. Historians have all assumed that in the early decades of the twentieth century oralism triumphed overwhelmingly. Susan Burch shows us that everyone has it wrong; not only did Deaf students continue to use sign language in schools, hearing teachers relied on it as well. In Signs of Resistance, Susan Burch persuasively reinterprets early twentieth century Deaf history: using community sources such as Deaf newspapers, memoirs, films, and oral



(sign language) interviews, Burch shows how the Deaf community mobilized to defend sign language and Deaf teachers, in the process facilitating the formation of collective Deaf consciousness, identity and political organization.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910683350403321

Autore

Yamaç Ali

Titolo

Rock-cut Architecture and Underground Cities in Koramaz Valley of Kayseri, Turkey / / by Ali Yamaç

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031293740

9783031293733

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 pages)

Disciplina

050

956.1013

Soggetti

Archaeology

Architecture - History

History

Architectural History and Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I ntroduction -- General Information -- Cliff Settlements of Koramaz Valley -- Rock-cut Churches of Koramaz Valley -- Underground Cities of Koramaz Valley -- Funerary Architecture of Koramaz Valley -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, rock-cut and underground structures of Koramaz Valley on the Anatolian Plateau in Turkey are described in detail. The valley; located in eastern Turkey near the town of Kayseri, has hundreds of rock-cut structures, in addition to several underground cities, and almost none of them have been studied before. Research conducted by a team from 2014 to 2020, resulted in this overview of all the rock-cut and underground structures in and around seven different settlements



in the valley and aims for the physical documentation and inventory of all these structures. The book studies cliff settlements, rock-cut churches, underground cities, and funerary architecture in the valley. These shelters are estimated to have been built between the 7th and 10th centuries and even the smallest of these structures offer rich details for architectural, socio-cultural and historical studies. The rock-cut churches date to the Byzantine Empire period and during the research period, over 400 of these structures were explored, surveyed, and mapped in the region and with all these historical and natural values. Recently, the Koramaz Valley was accepted to the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list. This book is of interest to archaeologists and scholars of built heritage.