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

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Van Pinxteren, Myrna

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nyamnjoh, Francis

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11941

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11941