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Deaf in America : voices from a culture by Padden, Carol; Humphries, Tom (Tom L.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Written 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. Padden and 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.</p> <p>Signed 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.</p> <p>The 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 exi

Who reads Deaf in America : voices from a culture?

Author

Padden, Carol; Humphries, Tom (Tom L.)

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674194236

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Fiction

Rating

3.75 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14