Cochlear implants mainstreaming genetic engineering and other ethical dilemmas confronting deaf people require a new wide-ranging examination of these issues a mandate fulfilled by Signs and Voices Deaf Culture Identity Language and Arts. This collection carefully chosen from the 2004 Signs and Voices Conference the Presidential Forum on American Sign Language at the Modern Language Association Convention and other sources addresses all of the factors now changing the cultural landscape for deaf people. To ensure quality and breadth of knowledge editors Kristin A. Lindgren Doreen DeLuca and Donna Jo Napoli selected the work of numerous renowned scholars and performers.Signs and Voices is divided into three sections - Culture and Identity Language and Literacy and American Sign Language in the Arts - each of which focuses on a particular set of theoretical and practical concerns. The book includes a DVD that presents many of the performances from the Arts section. Taken together these essays and DVD point to new directions in a broad range of fields including cognitive science deaf studies disability studies education linguistics literary criticism philosophy and psychology. This extraordinary showcase of innovative and rigorous cross-disciplinary study will prove invaluable to everyone interested in the current state of the Deaf community. Kristin A. Lingren Doreen DeLuca Donna Jo Napoli; 2009 268 pages; hard cover. Item Weight - 1 lbs.

Argues that the best way to educate the deaf is to teach the English-based sign language

Looks at the history and development of American Sign Language.

Written by two leading authorities in the field, this book is designed to help learners successfully interact with deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users. It is also used as the basic text for a course in ASL. Lessons are structured around language needed for common life situations, and the book is also supported by a videotape.

Uses almost 1,400 photographs to present a comprehensive guide to the techniques, words, and phrases used in American Sign Language.

Product Description: Crossing that Bridge is the first book to deal with making literary events accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Though Crossing that Bridge specifically addresses organizers of literary events (such as poetry readings, author signings, and storytellings), it is also a useful toolkit for anyone who interprets or attends these events...read more

Looks at the world of the deaf in America and discusses deaf culture, the education of deaf children, useful technology, and the integration of deaf people into the society at large

Product Description: Signs Across America provides a fascinating and unique look at regional variations in American Sign Language (ASL). The authors contacted native signers in 25 states to find out their signs for 130 selected words. The results -- more that 1,200 signs -- are illustrated in this book...read more

Product Description: The articles in this book were written between the years of 1975 and 1979. They relate to the topics of the utmost concern for Deaf people; however, they have not been widely disseminated in the fields related to deafness. All four papers represent a development in research towards understanding Deaf society and culture in the U...read more