Paternalism & Deaf People: An Open Letter to Mme. Umuvyeyi.

Lane, Harlan

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Publication Date: 1988

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Paternalism & Deaf People: An Open Letter to Mme. Umuvyeyi.

Lane, Harlan

Sign Language Studies, n60 p251-70 Fall 1988

By describing the paternalism inherent in the parallels between the history of Burundi and that of deaf people, a letter to a woman in Burundi with five deaf children attempts to persuade her to allow her youngest to further her education in the United States. (LMO)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Colonialism, Cultural Isolation, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Labeling (of Persons), Political Attitudes, Social Bias, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Burundi

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