| Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience Contributor(s): Parasnis, Ila (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521454778 ISBN-13: 9780521454773 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: The perspective that deaf people should be primarily regarded as a cultural and language minority group rather than as individuals with an audiological disability in gathering support among educators, linguists, and researchers involved in the education of deaf people. Minority empowerment movements across America - and American society's increased awareness of its own diversity - have brought a supportive context to the efforts of deaf people to have American Sign Language recognized in planning educational policies and curricula. This book considers in depth the notion that deaf people are members of a bilingual-bicultural minority group, whose experiences often overlap with the experiences of hearing minority group members but at other times are unique. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Physical Impairments - Social Science - Psychology | Ethnopsychology |
| Dewey: 305.908 |
| LCCN: 95042275 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.38" W x 9.23" (1.30 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of deaf people as a culturally and linguistically distinct minority group within American society. Many educators, linguists, and researchers now favor this position, as opposed to that which states that a deaf person simply has an audiological disability. Contributors to this book include members of the deaf community, as well as prominent deaf and hearing educators and researchers. The text contains three sections, covering research on bilingualism and biculturalism, the impact of cultural and language diversity on the deaf experience, and first-hand accounts from deaf community members that highlight the emotional impact of living in the deaf and hearing worlds. |