{"product_id":"deaf-in-america-voices-from-a-culture-revised","title":"Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (Revised)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDeaf in America: Voices from a Culture (Revised)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCarol A Padden\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780674194243\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e58896th\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e144\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten 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. Carol Padden and Tom 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSigned 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 deaf children; generations of children have attended schools in which they were forbidden to use a signed language. For Deaf people, as Padden and Humphries make clear, their signed language is life-giving, and is at the center of a rich cultural heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tension between Deaf people's views of themselves and the way the hearing world views them finds its way into their stories, which include tales about their origins and the characteristics they consider necessary for their existence and survival. \u003ci\u003eDeaf in America\u003c\/i\u003e includes folktales, accounts of old home movies, jokes, reminiscences, and translations of signed poems and modern signed performances. The authors introduce new material that has never before been published and also offer translations that capture as closely as possible the richness of the original material in ASL. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeaf in America\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to those interested in culture and language as well as to Deaf people and those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (Revised) | Carol A Padden | Paperback | 9780674194243 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks F 1743851","offer_id":48199420444824,"sku":"1743851","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/619NcupGR_L.jpg?v=1772557446","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/deaf-in-america-voices-from-a-culture-revised","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}