Culture, Deafness & Music: Critical Pedagogy and a Path to Social Justice - Hardcover

by Ana L. Cruz (Volume Editor)

This book is a timely and thought-provoking book and an important contribution to the expanding transdisciplinary field of Deaf Studies. Authors, most of whom are Deaf, critically examine aspects of Deaf culture, reflect on diversity within the Deaf community, and advocate for the recognition of Deaf people as a linguistic-cultural minority. Grounded in critical pedagogy as its theoretical framework, the book highlights the persistent oppressive forces faced by Deaf people and also the challenges to these oppressive forces to promote social justice through acts of resistance and affirmation, particularly expressed through the arts, including music.

Award Winner
Culture, Deafness & Music received the 2025 Critics' Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).

Author Biography

Ana L. Cruz, Ph.D., is an educator and researcher with scholarly interests in critical pedagogy, the work of Paulo Freire, and music & deafness. In 2022 she was the recipient of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project Award of Social Justice.