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These smaller shows bring public attention to the rest of the festival. Nevertheless, the main Clin d’Oeil festival venue is a “closed” space that requires entrance fees. Moreover, the dozens of international shows result in expensive prices for tickets. Many French people mention such prices as a reason for not going, although they regret that they cannot join the thousands of international attendees. The Deaf parties that are organized every night during the Clin d’Oeil also bring international performers on stage and have specific fees as well; these are included in the festival pass or can be paid for separately.

Nowadays, it is hard to think about identity without envisioning what you should be, such as what nation you should be a citizen of, what language you should use, and even local identities such as what football team you should support. Most of these expectations developed in the nineteenth century; before that, people’s networks were much less about ‘should’s, and much more about ‘could’s: where you could work, where you could travel, and where others could understand you. For Deaf people living in rural areas in the early nineteenth century, their networks were largely restricted to their immediate surroundings.

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