Deaf studies

This article is about the studies of deaf culture, art, language, and people. For the education of deaf students as well as teachers of the deaf, see Deaf education. For deafness as a medical condition, see hearing loss.
The emergence of Deaf Studies was facilitated by the revelation that signed languages are bona fide languages.[1]

Deaf studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals. These constitute an interdisciplinary field that integrates contents, critiques, and methodologies from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology, among others.[1] The field focuses on the language, culture, and lives of the deaf from the social instead of the medical perspective.[2]

Deaf studies are also described as those comprising the scientific study of the deaf-related aspects of the world.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gertz, Genie; Boudreault, Patrick (2016). The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4833-4647-2.
  2. ^ Napier, Jemina; Leeson, Lorraine (2016). Sign Language in Action. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-137-30975-4.
  3. ^ Deaf studies, From Which Course?, 30.6, Friday, 1 February 2008