Deaf Around the World

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation context and form of sign languages and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward Yerker Andersson and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia Brazil Britain China France Germany Ghana India Israel Italy Japan Kenya Myanmar Nicaragua South Africa Southeast Asia Sweden Thailand and the United States.