A Conversation: Looking Back on 25 Years ofA Place of Their Own

The year 2014 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication ofA Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. This article provides an account of a panel discussion that focused on the writing and publication of the book by its authors, John Vickrey Van Cleve and Barry Crouch....

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Published in:Sign language studies 2016-10, Vol.17 (1), p.26-41
Main Authors: ENNIS, WILLIAM T., VAN CLEVE, JOHN, ROBINSON, OCTAVIAN, GREENWALD, BRIAN, MURRAY, JOSEPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American studies
American sign language
Archives
Deaf culture
Deaf education
Deaf history
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD OF DEAF HISTORY
History instruction
Literature
Religious literature
United States history
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Summary:The year 2014 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication ofA Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. This article provides an account of a panel discussion that focused on the writing and publication of the book by its authors, John Vickrey Van Cleve and Barry Crouch. The panel also examined the transformative impact thatA Place of Their Ownhad on the field of deaf history. In particular, the panel commented on the growing acceptance of deaf history as a legitimate subfield of history and the depth of sophistication in scholarship over the past three decades. Panelists included Dr. John Vickrey Van Cleve, Dr. Brian H. Greenwald, Dr. Joseph J. Murray, Dr. Octavian Robinson, and the moderator, Dr. William T. Ennis III.
ISSN:0302-1475
1533-6263