Deaf in Japan signing and the politics of identity - Nakamura, Karen 1970- (Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 2006)
The politics of Japanese sign language -- The early history of the deaf in Japan -- Life history : Nakano Shizuyo, a prewar-generation deaf woman -- Middle-generation deaf in the postwar period -- Three postwar women's lives : Sano Hiroe, Horikawa Hiro, and Funata Hatsuko -- The postwar generation of deaf activists -- The Japanese Federation of the Deaf and the welfare state -- Deaf students in the post-mainstreaming era -- Life history : Yamashita Mayumi, a deaf youth in contemporary Japan -- Language wars and language politics, or, How an itinerant anthropologist introduced a new sign into the Japanese sign lexicon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index.
Keywords: Japanese Sign Language -- History; Deaf -- Japan -- History; Group identity -- Japan -- History