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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Advance Access published online on July 23, 2009
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, doi:10.1093/deafed/enp017
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Deaf Studies: A Critique of the Predominant U.S. Theoretical Direction

Shirley Shultz Myers

Gallaudet University

Jane K. Fernandes

University of North Carolina Asheville


  Abstract

The focus and concerns establishing Deaf Studies in the 1970s have rigidified into a reactive stance toward changing historical conditions and the variety of deaf lives today. This critique analyzes the theoretical foundation of this stance: a tendency to downplay established research in the field of Deaf Studies and linguistics, the employment of outdated examples of discrimination, an uncritical acceptance of Derrida's phonocentrism, flawed uses of Saussure's linguistic theory, and reliance on the limiting metaphor of colonialism. The purpose of the critique ultimately is to point Deaf Studies in a new direction. Issues with conceptualizing an expanded Deaf Studies are the focus of a companion article (this issue), "Inclusive Deaf Studies: Barriers and Pathways."

Correspondence should be sent to Shirley Shultz Myers, Ph.D., Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002 (e-mail:shirley.shultz.myers{at}gallaudet.edu).

Received November 13, 2008; revised April 27, 2009; accepted June 11, 2009


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