At Home Among Strangers: Exploring The Deaf Community In The United States; Author: Schein, Jerome D.; Hardback; Book

Author: Schein, Jerome D.
Hardback; Book; Notes, Bibliography, Index
254 pages
Published: December 1994
Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 0930323513
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At Home Among Strangers presents an engrossing portrait of the Deaf community as a complex, nationwide social network that offers unique kinship to Deaf people across the country. Schein 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. This book is a fascinating, provocative exploration of the Deaf community in the United States for scholars and lay people alike.Describes what it is like to be a deaf person living in the U.S., and looks at the characteristics of the deaf community.