Author: Harlan Lane

Length: 360 pages

ISBN: 1-58121-009-4

Audience: For Deaf Studies Programs, Both Deaf and Hearing Students

Price: R 129.00

Description:
First published in 1992, now hailed as a classic, The Mask of Benevolence takes an unflinching look at the gulf that separates the Deaf minority from the hearing world?a world that regards deafness as a deviance that must be fixed at all costs. Harlan Lane examines
the controversy and conflict that have marked relations between these two cultures and argues eloquently for a rapprochement that recognizes the right of Deaf people to be Deaf and to determine their own destiny.This new edition has a new preface and new chapter on the science and ethics of cochlear implants. An award-winning book when first published, this updated version is still startlingly fresh and relevant.??should be required reading for all professionals working with the deaf, as well as the families, loved ones, and colleagues of the deaf.? ?The Bookwatch, July 1999Recipient of a Literary Achievement Award from the National Association of the Deaf