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Between Worlds: Deaf Women, Work and Intersections of Gender and Ability
Contributor(s): Najarian, Cheryl G. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415805724     ISBN-13: 9780415805728
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $52.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2009
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This book illustrates the struggles of Deaf women as they negotiate their family, educational, and work lives. It demonstrates how these women face the various obstacles that are put before them and how they work to negotiate their identities in the Deaf community, hearing world, and the places 'in between.'
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BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Learning Disabilities
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: 331.408
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.66 lbs) 198 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Physically Challenged
 
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Publisher Description:
The purpose of this book is to illustrate the struggles of Deaf women as they negotiate their family, educational, and work lives. This study demonstrates how these women resist and overcome the various obstacles that are put before them as well as how they work to negotiate their identities as Deaf women in the Deaf community, hearing world, and the places 'in between.' The scope of the book traces these women's lives in these three major sectors of their lives and provides a discussion of the implications for other linguistic minorities.
 
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