Deaf in America Voices from a Culture

Name: Deaf in America Voices from a Culture
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ISBN: 9780674194243

ISBN-10: 0674194241

ISBN-13: 9780674194243

Edition: 1988

Authors: Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries

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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. Padden and 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…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Carol Padden is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego.

Tom Humphries is associate professor in the Department of Communication and the Teacher Education Program at the University of California, San Diego.



Introduction



Learning to Be Deaf



Images of Being



A Different Center



Living in Others' World



A Changing Consciousness



The Meaning of Sound



Historically Created Lives


References


Index