Citizenship, politics, difference : perspectives from Sub-Saharan signed language / Audrey C. Cooper and Khadijat K. Rashid, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Audrey C.

Rashid, Khadijat K.

Project Muse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Deaf people.

Sign language.

Citizenship--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Citizenship.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 232 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most linguistically, culturally, and geographically diverse regions of the world, home to more than 2,000 languages. As in the rest of the world, deaf people living throughout the widely varying territories have equally rich signed languages. An emergent body of scholarly research on sub-Saharan signed languages (SSSL) and related Deaf community organizing has led to the created of the informed perspectives presented in this revolutionary collection. The volume editors and their sixteen contributors illuminate the circumstances pertaining to cross-border, cross-regional, and global engagements in sub-Saharan Deaf communities. This collection centers upon two interrelated purposes: to examine sub-Saharan African deaf people's perspectives on citizenship, politics, and difference in relation to SSSL practices, and to analyze SSSL practices in relation to sociopolitical histories and social change interests. As a result, the contributors address aspects of culture, gender, language usage, race, a ethnicity, sexuality, and ability. The editors have organized these themes under three main sections-Sub-Saharan Signed Languages and Perspectives, Politics and Difference, and Citizenship. Such wide-ranging subjects as the ethics of studying Kenyan signed language, sign language planning in Eritrea, and overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers to HIV/AIDS education drive home the importance of the unique and varied research in this collection. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Sub-Saharan Signed Languages and Perspectives

Introduction: Sub-Saharan African Signed Languages and Deaf Communities / Sam Lutalo-Kiingi Lutalo-Kiingi, Sam, Goedele A. M. De Clerck Clerck, Goedele A. M. De 3

1 Ethics of Researching Signed Languages: The Case of Kenyan Sign Language / Julie A. Hochgesang Hochgesang, Julie A. 9

2 Deaf Citizenship and Sign Language Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Promoting Partnership between Sign Language Communities, Academia, and NGOs in Development in Uganda and Cameroon / Sam Lutalo-Kiingi Lutalo-Kiingi, Sam, Goedele A. M. De Clerk Clerk, Goedele A. M. De 29

3 Resistance Is Not Futile: Language Planning and Demissionization of Eritrcan Sign Language / Rezenet Tsegay Moges Moges, Rezenet Tsegay 64

Section II Politics and Difference

Introduction: Shaping Politics of Difference / Audrey C. Cooper Cooper, Audrey C., Kbadijat K. Rashid Rashid, Kbadijat K. 83

4 Overcoming Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to HIV/AIDS Education among Deaf People in Africa / 'Gbenga Aina Aina, 'Gbenga 89

5 Deaf Women in Africa / Eupbrasia Mbewe Mbewe, Eupbrasia 103

6 Sign Language and Inclusion in Family and Community Life / Sian Tesni Tesni, Sian, Karen Heinicke-Motsch Heinicke-Motsch, Karen, Joseph Morrissey Morrissey, Joseph, Rose Kwamboka Kwamboka, Rose 118

Section III Citizenship

Introduction: Development, Deaf People, and Citizenship / William L. Leap Leap, William L. 137

7 Adopting Human Development as the Universal Goal: Inclusive Strategies for Sociopolitical Transformation in Africa / Alem Hailu Hailu, Alem 141

8 To the Farm Again, Again, and Again, Once and for All? Education, Charitable Aid, and Development Projects for Deaf People in Adamarobe, Ghana / Annelies Kusters Kusters, Annelies 162

9 Empowering Rural Deaf Citizens through Organizations and Social Movements / David R. Penna Penna, David R. 185

10 Deaf Identity and Rights in Africa: Advancing Equality through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Janet E. Lord Lord, Janet E., Michael Ashley Stein Stein, Michael Ashley 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

156368635X

9781563686351

Publisher Number:

99986545549

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