La Voz de Michoacán and Those Who Can’t Hear: Discursive Changes About Morelian Deaf People in a Local Newspaper (1948-2014)

Abstract

This paper examines how the newspaper La Voz de Michoacán has changed
the way it refers to a sector that has been little analyzed by Mexican historiography:
the deaf. The role of the press, in dissemination and modification
of people’s opinion and perspective about this community, is highlighted
through analyzing documents related to deaf people, and contextualizing
these manuscripts into processes as rehabilitative medical model implementation,
subsequently emphasizing human rights and non-discrimination to
hearing-impaired people in Morelia.