"What is Deaf culture? Has anyone studied it from a sociological perspective?"
Sociological perspective about any subject varies widely but it is all the same in a sense that people act the way they do with a list of reasons. Put a hearing persons life into a sociological perspective within our own "classification" of species, their are clics/groups of people that have formed based on what that group have come up with. For example, in high school there was the jocks, preps, and geeks. These groups formed by characteristics or personalities that have been established.Although deaf community is a different group of people in hearing peoples world, people who are deaf have groups within their culture as well.
I also agree with you that the Deaf Community probably does contain some cliques and different groups. I do think that the Deaf Community seems more open though too new people. I thought it was really neat that there are sports teams created for Deaf People in order for deaf people to get involved in the Deaf community and learn more about it.
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