Exploring the Deaf Community in the United States
This book presents an engrossing portrait of the Deaf community as a complex, nationwide social network offering unique kinship to Deaf people across the country. Jerome Schein, Professor Emeritus at New York University, details the history and culture of the Deaf community, its structural underpinnings, the intricacies of family life, issues of education and rehabilitation, economic factors and interaction with the medical and legal professions. At Home Among Strangers provides a fascinating, provocative exploration of the Deaf community in the United States, for scholars and lay people alike. [Jerome D. Schein; 264 pages; soft cover]

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