Many ways to be deaf : international variation in deaf communities /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2003. |
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| Description: | xi, 326 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5082044 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. A World's Eye View: Deaf Cultures in Global Perspective
- 2. British Manual Alphabets in the Education of Deaf People Since the 17th Century
- 3. Austria's Hidden Conflict: Hearing Culture Versus Deaf Culture
- 4. Pedagogical Issues in Swedish Deaf Education
- 5. Romance and Reality: Sociolinguistic Similarities and Differences between Swiss German Sign Language and Rhaeto-Romansh
- 6. The Dilemma of the Hard of Hearing within the U.S. Deaf Community
- 7. Sociolinguistic Dynamics in American Deaf Communities: Peer Groups Versus Families
- 8. School Language and Shifts in Irish Deaf Identity
- 9. Surdos Venceremos: The Rise of the Brazilian Deaf Community
- 10. South African Sign Language: Changing Policies and Practice
- 11. U-Turns, Deaf Shock, and the Hard of Hearing: Japanese Deaf Identities at the Borderlands
- 12. The Chiying School of Taiwan: A Foreigner's Perspective
- 13. The Changing World of the Russian Deaf Community
- 14. New Ways to Be Deaf in Nicaragua: Changes in Language, Personhood, and Community
- 15. Sign Languages and Deaf Identities in Thailand and Viet Nam
- 16. A for Apple: The Impact of Western Education and ASL on the Deaf Community in Kano State, Northern Nigeria
- Contributors
- Index
