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Previous Volume 353:436 July 28, 2005 Number 4

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By Carol Padden and Tom Humphries. 208 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2005. $22.95. ISBN 0-674-01506-1.

This well-organized and clearly written book provides a fascinating inside look at the development of Deaf culture. As noted in the introduction to the book, the authors use the convention of capitalizing Deaf when referring to members of a distinct culture — people who share features of a community within a community, most notably their fluency in sign language. When the word "deaf" is used more broadly to denote the condition of hearing loss, it is lowercased. This history of the development of the language and mores of Deaf people provides a basis for understanding the current climate in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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