The silent frontier: deaf people and their social use of cell phones in Cape Town

Master Thesis

2012

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Van Pinxteren, Myrna
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Nyamnjoh, Francis
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University of Cape Town

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Social Anthropology
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Faculty of Humanities
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This thesis seeks to understand the ways in which the Deaf negotiate and embrace the cell phone socially. The Deaf, who can be seen as a linguistic and sensory minority within the predominant hearing society, use the cell phone to negotiate their marginalised position as people living with a hearing impairment. By doing so, the Deaf are able to extend and intensify their social relationships, which are used to overcome language barriers.
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Van Pinxteren, M. 2012. The silent frontier: deaf people and their social use of cell phones in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.

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