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![Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity by Karen Nakamura](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNzJRcUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--93287e250f4424a255c1b90f9fbabcb46ae2faa5/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Deaf%20in%20Japan-%20Signing%20and%20the%20Politics%20of%20Identity.jpg)
226 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801473562
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 24 July 2006
Description
Until the mid-1970s, deaf people in Japan had few legal rights and little social recognition. Legally, they were classified as minors or mentally deficient, unable to obtain driver's licenses or sign contracts and wills. Many worked at menial task...
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![Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity by Karen Nakamura](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNzJRcUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--93287e250f4424a255c1b90f9fbabcb46ae2faa5/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Deaf%20in%20Japan-%20Signing%20and%20the%20Politics%20of%20Identity.jpg)
226 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801473562
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 24 July 2006
Description
Until the mid-1970s, deaf people in Japan had few legal rights and little social recognition. Legally, they were classified as minors or mentally deficient, unable to obtain driver's licenses or sign contracts and wills. Many worked at menial task...