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Signing in the Seraglio: Mutes, Dwarfs and Jestures at the Ottoman Court 1500 - 1700

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M. Miles' thorough history of early modern Turkish views on disability and the popularity of sign language. Reprinted from "Disability and Society"

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Title: Signing in the Seraglio: mutes, dwarfs and jestures at the Ottoman Court 1500 ± 1700
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Science Central - 459709 - This document describes the history of mutes, dwarfs, and jestures at the Ottoman Court between 1500 and 1700
Category: Institute - Living - History - Empire - Independent - Disabilities - Minor - East - Asia - Middle - Turkey - Mike - Disability - Miles - Disabled - Court - Dwarfs - Handicapped - Ottoman - Anatolia - Turks - Murad - Osman - Mutes - Jestures - Jesters - Sultans - Suleiman - Seraglio


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