| Over a period of two years, I observed and interviewed members of a deaf congregation partnered with a hearing congregation at a church in Los Angeles, California. In my thesis I examine key issues surrounding the use of place in a changing, more diverse and globalized world. The group of deaf people included Latin American and Asian American immigrants as well as native-born white Americans. I look at how this group, in their use of both space and language, navigated power relations with their hearing partner congregation and attempted to assert equality with hearing people. |
