The Spanish National Deaf School: Portraits from the Nineteenth Century | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Plann
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1563683555
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.912094609034
EAN: 9781563683558
ASIN: 1563683555
Publication Date: November 15, 2007
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In nineteenth-century Spain, the education of deaf students took shape through various contradictory philosophies and practices. Susan Plann depicts this ambivalence by profiling a select group of teachers and students in her detailed history The Spanish National Deaf School: Portraits from the Nineteenth Century.
Plann’s subjects reveal the political, financial, and identity issues that dominated the operation of the National School for Deaf-Mutes and the Blind in Madrid from 1805 to1899. Roberto Francisco Pradez y Gautier, the first deaf teacher in Spain, taught art from 1805–36; he also was the last deaf teacher for the next 50 years. Juan Manuel Ballesteros, the hearing director from 1835 to1868, enacted an “ableist” policy that barred deaf professors. At the same time, another hearing teacher, Francisco Fernandez Villabrille, wrote the first Spanish Sign Language dictionary. In the 1870s, two deaf students, Manuel Tinoco and Patricio Garcia, resisted the physical abuse they received and set the stage for the growth of a Deaf identity that opposed the deprecating medical model of deafness. Marcelina Ruiz Ricote y Fernandez a hearing female teacher who taught from 1869 to 1897, combated the school’s sexist polices. The Spanish National Deaf School concludes with Martin de Martin y Ruiz, the most famous deaf-blind student from the Madrid school. Through these portraits, Plann has brought life to the major issues that defined education in nineteenth-century Spain, themes that have influenced the status of deaf Spaniards today.
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invaluable historical information that needs to be shared September 4, 2008
Wow! All I can say is that I enjoyed reading Plann's *Spanish National Deaf School* because it contained historical tidbits of the Deaf Spaniards during the 19th century. Students, researchers, instructors and other professionals of Deaf studies, history and culture need to feast their eyes on this book. This will make a wonderful collection to their library.
When Deaf history is covered, Deaf people and their allies in America, France and sometimes, England are discussed. However, there is little or no mentions of Deaf Spanairds and their allies. It could be perhaps that little is known of the Deaf Spaniards or scholars feel that their contributions are not worthy of discussion
Plann researched on the Spanish National Deaf School during the years of 1805 to 1899. Just as similar to the American School for the Deaf and their first Deaf teacher, Laurent Clerc, the Spanish School also had their first Deaf teacher, Roberto Francisco Pradez y Gautier, even though he taught art.
While the Spanish Deaf School was a huge milestone in Spain's history, the school was ran by administrators who thought little of the Deaf students. In addition, the school was in dismal conditions. Nonetheless, the Deaf students survive the institution throughout the years. The school had additional problems of its own, such as sexism and abuse, requiring governmental investigations.
At the same time, the teachers and students were well aware of notables in Deaf education in other countries. They frequently read, and sometimes plagiarize, works from Abbe Charles-Michel de l'Epee, Abbe Ambrose Sicard, John Braidwood, Samuel Heinicke, Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc, Helen Keller and many more. However, there is no mention if these people were also aware of Gallaudet University (then called National College for the Deaf and Dumb) which was established in 1864.
The Spanish National Deaf School is just like any other Deaf schools in the world. It had its own share of dark secrets and successes, including their own famous Deaf-Blind student, Martin de Martin y Ruiz.
Plann did a superb job by sharing her historical research of the Deaf Spaniards and their allies during the 19th century. Simply invaluable!
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