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: 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: Carol PADDEN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674041755
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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"Inside Deaf Culture relates deaf people's search for a voice of their own, and their proud self-discovery and self-description as a flourishing culture. Padden and Humphries show how the nineteenth-century schools for the deaf, with their denigration of sign language and their insistence on oralist teaching, shaped the lives of deaf people for generations to come. They describe how deaf culture and art thrived in mid-twentieth century deaf clubs and deaf theatre, and profile controversial contemporary technologies." Cf. Publisher's description.
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: 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: 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: John V. Van Cleve
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9780930323493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the 19th century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of deaf Americans.
Author: Sherman Wilcox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Sign Language
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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"This anthology features deaf and hearing authors who offer their experience and perspectives on cultural values, ASL, social interaction in the Deaf community, education, folklore, and other topics."--Publisher's website.
Author: Arden Neisser
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9780930323646
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1983.
