Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter I. Deafness, Community, and Sign Language -- Chapter II. Sociologies of Language, Schooling and the Deaf -- Chapter III. Those without Language -- Chapter IV. Signing as "Language" -- Chapter V. The Institutional Side of Life: The Official Culture -- Chapter VI. The Institutional Side of Life: The Student Culture -- Chapter VII. Deafness and the Sense of Self -- Chapter VIII. Theoretical Lessons -- Chapter IX. Conclusions -- Footnotes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Subject Index