Title Cultural and language diversity and the deaf experience / editor, Ila Parasnis

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) Contents Part I. Bilingualism-biculturalism and the deaf experience: an overview. On interpreting the deaf experience within the context of cultural and language diversity / Ila Parasnis -- Living with two languages and two cultures / François Grosjean -- Perspectives from the history and the politics of bilingualism and bilingual education in the United States / Kenji Hakuta, Elizabeth Feldman Mostafapour -- Cognitive and language development of bilingual children / Josiane F. Hamers Part II. Psychosocial, cognitive, and language experiences of deaf people. From the cultural to the bicultural : the modern deaf community / Carol A. Padden -- Early bilingual lives of deaf children / Carol A. Padden -- Communication experiences of deaf people : an ethnographic account / Susan B. Foster -- Marginality, biculturalism, and social identity of deaf people / R. Greg Emerton -- Attitudes of the deaf community toward political activism / Gerald C. Bateman -- Cultural and language diversity in the curriculum : toward reflective practice / Bonnie Meath-Lang -- Minority empowerment and the education of deaf people / Joan B. Stone -- Social assimilation of deaf high school students : the role of school environment / Thomas K. Holcomb Part III. The Deaf experience: personal reflections. Growing up deaf in deaf families: two different experiences / Susan C. Searls, David R. Johnston -- Another new birth : reflections of a deaf native signer / Patrick A. Graybill -- Raising deaf children in hearing society : struggles and challenges for deaf native ASL signers / Gary E. Mowl -- In search of self : experiences of a postlingually deaf African-American / Dianne K. Brooks -- Living in a bilingual-bicultural family / Lynn Finton -- On being both hearing and deaf: my bilingual-bicultural experience / Patricia Mudgett-DeCaro Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Deaf -- United States -- Social conditions Linguistic minorities -- United States Multiculturalism -- United States HEALTH & FITNESS -- Physical Impairments. Deaf -- Social conditions Linguistic minorities Multiculturalism Sprachkontakt Kulturkontakt Gehörlosigkeit Spracherwerb Tweetaligheid. Psychologische aspecten. Doven. Gebarentaal. Sourds -- Conditions sociales. Sourds -- Éducation -- États-Unis. Minorités linguistiques -- États-Unis. Éducation interculturelle -- États-Unis. United States Form Electronic book Author Parasnis, Ila. ISBN 9780511000348 0511000340 9781139163804 1139163809

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