Deaf Culture

Materials examining or studying deaf culture and/or the concept of deaf culture:

When looking for books and articles in library catalogs and databases try these subjects/ subject headings:

• Deafness -- Social aspects
• Deafness -- Political aspects
• Deaf -- Social conditions

Books: 

Here is an example of possible book titles: 

• Deaf in America: Voices from a culture.
• Introduction to American Deaf Culture
• Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America
• Many ways to be deaf: International variation in deaf communities

Articles: 

• Academic Search Premier indexes a wide assortment of popular and scholarly journals (including Sign Language Studies)

Organizations:

• National Association of the Deaf www.nad.org
• World Federation of the Deaf http://www.wfdeaf.org