The storytellers are both old and young, and they reflect both the diversity and commonality of deaf experience; the painful lives of a generation brought up forbidden to use sign language contrasted with the confidence of young people using New Zealand Sign Language as they attend school and assert "deaf pride.
These are stories of joy and sadness, confusion and resolution, and regret and optimism. The editors and contributors focus on national and international encounters e. They also consider important questions about how deaf people negotiate DEAF-SAME and deaf difference, such as differences in mobility, access to social and economic capital, ideologies, and epistemologies. The editors have organized the book into five sections--Gatherings, Language, Projects, Networks, and Visions.
Taken all together, the 23 chapters in this book provide an understanding of how sameness and difference are powerful yet contested categories in deaf worlds. Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help? A journey into the deaf-world Harlan L. Donate this book to the Internet Archive library. If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below. Borrow Listen. Want to Read. Delete Note Save Note. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries Library.
Share this book Facebook. November 23, History. It is the tight-knit society -- some million strong in the United States -- that calls itself, in American Sign Language, the Deaf-World.
It has a history, a flourishing culture, and a political agenda. A Journey into the Deaf-World is the compelling story of this much misunderstood minority as it struggles for self-determination.
Journey address questions such as these: What is Deaf culture all about? View via Publisher. Save to Library Save. Create Alert Alert. Share This Paper. Background Citations. Methods Citations. Results Citations. Citation Type. Has PDF.
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