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Title: Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture by Carol Padden, Tom Humphries ISBN: 0-674-19424-1 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing eye-opening insight into the world of a culture
Comment: This book has opened my eyes to the rich culture of deaf people. Padden and Humphries are masters at explaining the difference between deaf and Deaf and the way Deaf people relate to the world. A must-read for everyone, especially those who want to be free of stereotypes.
Rating: 4
Summary: Partial Glimpse Into Deaf culture
Comment: I read this book right after reading "A Journey Into the Deaf-World" by Lane, Hoffmeister, Bahan. The first three chapters of this are excellent, even illuminating. They show the misperceptions of both hearing on Deaf and Deaf on hearing worlds. These insights are most useful to those of us relatively on outside of Deaf culture.
The remaining chapters didn't do much for my reading. There seemed to be a momentum letdown half way through that continued to the end. The "motel joke" at the end was precious exhibit of how Deaf do not understand the hearing world's meanings that culturally we attach to various sounds, especially those in eating and public bathroom environments.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating and informative
Comment: "Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture," by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, is a well-written, consistently interesting look at Deaf lives and communities. The introduction notes that both authors are deaf, so this book is very much written from the perspective of insiders. The copyright page notes that the book has a copyright date of 1988 and was in its 12th printing in 2000.
Although relatively short (134 + vii pages), this book is packed full of information. Among the topics covered: the difference between being "deaf" (lowercase) and "Deaf" (capitalized), the origins of American Sign Language, Deaf theater and poetry, the work of Deaf filmmaker Charles Krauel, controversies within the Deaf world, and more.
The authors maintain that Deaf people have an authentic language and culture. The book is lively and intelligent. I recommend that readers of this book also view the fascinating documentary film "Sound and Fury."
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Title: A Journey into the Deaf-World by Harlan L. Lane, Robert Hoffmeister, Ben Bahan, Benjamin J. Bahan ISBN: 0915035634 Publisher: Independent Publishers Group Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: American Deaf Culture: An Anthology by Sherman Wilcox ISBN: 0932130097 Publisher: Linstok Press Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: American Sign Language the Easy Way (Easy Way.) by David Stewart ISBN: 0764102990 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America by John Vickrey Van Cleve, Barry A. Crouch, John Vickrey Van Cleve ISBN: 0930323491 Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Deaf Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley ISBN: 0930323114 Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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