Introduction to American Deaf Culture

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Introduction to American Deaf Culture Introduction to American Deaf Culture is the only comprehensive textbook that provides a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of how Deaf people are best understood from a cultural perspective, with coverage of topics such as how culture is defined, how the concept […]

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Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha’s Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in […]

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Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns […]

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Understanding Deaf Culture In Search of Deafhood

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Understanding Deaf Culture In Search of Deaf hood This book presents a ‘Traveler’s Guide’ to Deaf Culture, starting from the premise that Deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines and human lives in general. Within and outside Deaf communities, there is […]

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