Author: Carol A. Padden
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674283171
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this unique book illuminates the life and culture of Deaf people from the inside, through their everyday talk, their shared myths, their art and performances, and the lessons they teach one another. Carol Padden and Tom Humphries employ the capitalized "Deaf" to refer to deaf people who share a natural language—American Sign Language (ASL—and a complex culture, historically created and actively transmitted across generations. Signed languages have traditionally been considered to be simply sets of gestures rather than natural languages. This mistaken belief, fostered by hearing people’s cultural views, has had tragic consequences for the education of deaf children; generations of children have attended schools in which they were forbidden to use a signed language. For Deaf people, as Padden and Humphries make clear, their signed language is life-giving, and is at the center of a rich cultural heritage. The tension between Deaf people’s views of themselves and the way the hearing world views them finds its way into their stories, which include tales about their origins and the characteristics they consider necessary for their existence and survival. Deaf in America includes folktales, accounts of old home movies, jokes, reminiscences, and translations of signed poems and modern signed performances. The authors introduce new material that has never before been published and also offer translations that capture as closely as possible the richness of the original material in ASL. Deaf in America will be of great interest to those interested in culture and language as well as to Deaf people and those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.
Author: Ernest Hairston
Publisher: Therapy Skill Builders
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Author: Carol A. Padden
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674194243
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors--themselves deaf--argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.
Author: Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl
Publisher: Dawnsign Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Presents a collection of black-and-white and full-coclor photographs, drawings, and paintings by a number of deaf artists in America and includes illustrations and descriptions of each selection.
Author: Jack R. Gannon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563685149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
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Originally published: Silver Spring, Md.: National Association of the Deaf, 1981.
Author: Melvia M. Nomeland
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488549
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The deaf community in the West has endured radical changes in the past centuries. This work of history tracks the changes both in the education of and the social world of deaf people through the years. Topics include attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America and the evolution of communication and language. Of particular interest is the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized, as it was in the past. Successful contributions to the deaf and non-deaf world by deaf individuals are also highlighted. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: Melvia M. Nomeland
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078646397X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The deaf community in the West has endured radical changes in the past centuries. This work of history tracks the changes both in the education of and the social world of deaf people through the years. Topics include attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America and the evolution of communication and language. Of particular interest is the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized, as it was in the past. Successful contributions to the deaf and non-deaf world by deaf individuals are also highlighted. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: Carol Padden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deaf
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors--themselves deaf--argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.
Author: Thomas K. Holcomb
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199777543
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Introduction to American Deaf Culture provides a fresh perspective on what it means to be Deaf in contemporary hearing society. The book offers an overview of Deaf art, literature, history, and humor, and touches on political, social and cultural themes.
Author: Edward Allen Fay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deaf
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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