Inside Deaf Culture

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Synopsis

In this [account] of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. 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 theater, and they profile controversial contemporary technologies.

Most triumphant is the story of the survival of the rich and complex American Sign Language long misunderstood but finally recognized by a hearing world that could not conceive of language in a form other than speech. In a moving conclusion, the authors describe their own very different pathways into the Deaf culture, and reveal the confidence and the anxiety of the people of this tenuous community as it faces the future.

Copyright:
2005

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
209 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780674015067
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Anastasia S.
Proofread By:
Grandma Cindy
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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