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Introduction -- Ethnic acculturation in the deaf schools -- Founders -- Ethnic societies in the deaf world -- Major international congresses -- The role of the press in ethnic maintenance -- Founders in the arts -- Epilogue -- Appendix : ethnicity and the deaf world.
"When ethnic minorities are educated nowadays, it is commonly in a language they have not mastered, a curriculum that is alien to their experience, and majority teachers who do not speak the minority language. In the 19th century, on the contrary, most French Deaf children studied all their subjects in their most fluent language, French Sign Language (langue des signes francaise, or LSF). In a school with a signing community, students were able to respond to the instruction, to get help from older students, to discuss local, national and international events, to participate in student activities, to develop friendships, to choose a Deaf partner when marrying, to emulate older students, to have Deaf teachers, to acquire self-respect as a Deaf person"--Page 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.