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This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psycholog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leigh, Irene
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Perspectives on deafness.
Subjects:
Deafness.
Identity (Psychology)
Deafness > Psychological aspects.
Self-perception.
Group identity.
Deafness
Self Concept
Social Identification
Surdité.
Identité (Psychologie)
Surdité > Aspect psychologique.
Perception de soi.
Identité collective.
group identity.
Deafness > Psychological aspects
Group identity
Self-perception
Electronic books.
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Summary:This title explores identity formation in deaf persons. It looks at the major influences on deaf identity, including the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture, the different internalized models of disability and deafness, and the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195320664
0195320662