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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788531703321

Autore

West Donna

Titolo

Signs of hope [[electronic resource] ] : deafhearing family life / / by Donna West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-280-48628-7

9786613581266

1-4438-3706-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

362.42

Soggetti

Deaf - Social aspects

Deaf - Family relationships

Deafness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; INTERTEXT I; CHAPTER TWO; INTERTEXT II; CHAPTER THREE; INTERTEXT III; CHAPTER FOUR; INTERTEXT IV; CHAPTER FIVE; INTERTEXT V; CHAPTER SIX; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Signs of Hope tells the story of a narrative inquiry with three deafhearing families. For many of us, deafness represents loss and silence. For others, being deaf is a genetic quirk; an opportunity for learning, spiritual adventure and reward. For yet others, it is the most natural thing in the world; a connection to a genealogical layer of signing ancestors and the continuation of a culture. Amid the noise of mainstream, medical and educational discourses of deafness, here are family voices ...