Open AccessReview of Esmail, Reading Victorian Deafness: Signs and Sounds in Victorian Literature and Culture
Author(s) -
Joanna Rankin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian journal of disability studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1929-9192
DOI - 10.15353/cjds.v6i1.339
Subject(s) - reading (process) , period (music) , history , sound (geography) , sociology , literature , media studies , art , aesthetics , political science , acoustics , law , physics
In Reading Victorian Deafness: Signs and Sounds in Victorian Literature and Culture, Jennifer Esmail explores the cultural role of deafness in Victorian England and North America. Looking to cultural products as a reflection of wider societal beliefs, Esmail provides an in-depth history of the contrasting proponents of signed languages and oralism during this historical period.
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