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THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF DEAF PEOPLE GEBUNDEN

This book is about the social condition of Deaf people  told through a Deaf woman's
autobiography and a series of essays investigating how hearing societies relate to Deaf people.
Michel Foucault described the powerful one as the beholder who is not seen. This is why a Deaf
woman's perspective is important: Minorities that we don't even suspect we have power over
observe us in turn. Majorities exert power over minorities by influencing the environment and
institutions that simplify or hinder lives: language  mindsets  representations  norms  the use
of professional power. Based on data collected by Eurostat  this volume provides the first
discussion of statistics on the condition of Deaf people in a series of European countries 
concerning education  labor  gender. This creates a new opportunity to discuss inequalities on
the basis of data. The case studies in this volume reconstruct untold moments of great
advancement in Deaf history  successful didactics supporting bilingualism  the reasons why Deaf
empowerment for and by Deaf people does and does not succeed. A work of empowerment is
effective if it acts on a double level: the community to be empowered and society at large 
resulting in a transformation of society as a whole. This book provides instruments to work
towards such a transformation.

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