The Mask of Benevolence; Disabling the Deaf Community

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781581210095
• ISBN10: 1581210094
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: DawnSignPress

Summary

A piercing look at the gulf that separates the Deaf minority from the hearing world, this passionate classic is essential reading for people who want to understand the gap between these two cultures. Critically acclaimed as a breakthrough when first published, the issues brilliantly brought to the fore by The Mask of Benevolence are still deeply relevant. This edition, with new information on the science and ethics of cochlear implants, sheds a forceful light on the mistreatment of the Deaf minority by a hearing establishment that resists understanding and awareness.

Author Biography

Harlan Lane is recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and of the World Federation of the Deaf International Social Merit Award. He is the author of When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf, The Wild Boy of Aveyron, and Journey into the Deaf World. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Representations of Deaf People: The Infirmity and Cultural Models
A Different Center	p. 3
Hearing Representations of Deaf People	p. 6
The Infirmity and Cultural Models of Deaf People	p. 13
Representations of Deaf People: Colonialism, "Audism," and the "Psychology of the Deaf"
The Colonization of African and Deaf Communities	p. 31
The Paternalism Indictment	p. 39
Audist "Psychology of the Deaf"	p. 50
Representations of Deaf People: Power, Politics, and the Dependency Duet
Representation and Power	p. 69
The Role of the Oppressed	p. 88
Language Bigotry and Deaf Communities
The Oppression of American Sign Language	p. 103
Language in Another Mode	p. 120
The Education of Deaf Children: Drowning in the Mainstream and the Sidestream
The Failure of Deaf Education	p. 129
Deaf People Without a Deaf Community	p. 143
The Parents' Ordeal	p. 154
Bilingual Education and Deaf Power
For Progress, a Return to Deaf-Centered Education	p. 165
The Politics of Deaf Education	p. 185
After the Revolution	p. 191
Bio-Power Versus the Deaf Child
Oralism's Ultimate Recourse	p. 203
Heroic Treatments in Historical Perspective	p. 212
The Risks and Limitations of Childhood Cochlear Implants	p. 216
What the FDA Did Wrong	p. 230
Notes	p. 239
Index	p. 297
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