%0 Journal Article
%T Igreja Cat¨®lica e surdez: territ¨®rio, associa  o e representa  o pol¨ªtica Catholic Church and deafness: territory, association and political representation
%A C¨¦sar Augusto de Assis Silva
%J Religi£¿o & Sociedade
%D 2012
%I Instituto de Estudos da Religi?o
%R 10.1590/s0100-85872012000100002
%X O objetivo deste artigo ¨¦ analisar a posi  o chave da Igreja Cat¨®lica na produ  o de formas de associa  o prim¨¢ria de pessoas com surdez no Brasil. Essa atua  o levou ¨¤ consolida  o da denominada l¨ªngua brasileira de sinais (libras) e de formas de associa  o civil e pol¨ªtica. Comp e o universo emp¨ªrico da an¨¢lise a rela  o de longa dura  o dessa institui  o com a educa  o de surdos, a vasta rede de congrega  es cat¨®licas fundadoras de escolas especiais, bem como as trajet¨®rias de agentes de poder, vinculados ¨¤ Igreja Cat¨®lica, que ocupam posi  es de representa  o pol¨ªtica no ambito da surdez. The aim of this article is to analyze the position of the Catholic Church in the production of primary forms of association of people with deafness in Brazil, which led to the consolidation of Brazilian Sign Language and forms of civil and political association. For this, the universe of empirical analysis is composed with the relation between this institution and deaf education, the vast network of catholic congregations founding of special schools as well as the trajectories of actors with power, connected the Catholic Church, in positions of political representation in deafness.
%K surdez
%K l¨ªngua brasileira de sinais (libras)
%K Igreja Cat¨®lica
%K educa  o de surdos
%K representa  o pol¨ªtica
%K deafness
%K Brazilian Sign Language
%K Catholic Church
%K deaf education
%K political representation
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