Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language by Douglas C. Baynton - Presentation Transcript
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Juxtaposed against 'democracy' the oralism movement more
Juxtaposed against 'democracy' the oralism movement was fundamentally authoritarian to the core.
Like the schools which missionaries set up to 'tame' the Indian tribes which they encountered, these institutions wanted to make the 'deaf and dumb' as they were once called, assimilate by any means necessary.
Signing was considered backwards and primitive, speaking was thought to be the only 'civilized' marker of civilization.
However, Douglas C. Baynton clarifies that at these institutions, the students practiced their own models of resistance. He also stresses that being deaf is not a limitation, but a distinctive culture, like Spanish or Polish is commonly thought of. Therefore it is impossible to obtain a complete translation between English and ASL in all cases.
Academic works can be pretentious, but this was a definite page turner. I felt a little let down that his chronicled history did not examine the 20th century. It would be interesting to see what forms this campaign is taking in an era when people with disabilities are supposed to be included in greater public participation. I doubt that it completely disappeared. Plus the transformation of Gallaudet University from a site of oralism to the DPN now protests and open embrace of ASL could have provided interesting research certainly within this book's reach.
It remains an important work in the too under-known field of disability studies.
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