Change and promise : bilingual deaf education and deaf culture in Latin America / Barbara Gerner de García and Lodenir Becker Karnopp, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karnopp, Lodenir Becker, editor.

Gerner de García, Barbara, editor.

Project Muse.

Series:

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--Latin America.

Education, Bilingual.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Education.

Latin America.

Deaf people--Education--Latin America.

Deaf people--Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Within the past few decades, there has been great progress in deaf education in Latin America and growth in the empowerment of their Deaf communities. For the first time, this book provides access, in English, to scholarly research in these areas. Written by Latin American Deaf and hearing contributors, Change and Promise provides a counterargument to external, deficit views of the Latin American Deaf community by sharing research and accounts of success in establishing and expanding bilingual deaf education, Deaf activism, Deaf culture, and wider access for deaf children and adults. This volume describes the historical, cultural, and political contexts for providing bilingual deaf education in Latin America and examines current bilingual deaf education programs in the region. It explores the ways in which these programs have increased society's understandings of Deaf culture and sign languages. The expanding empowerment of Deaf communities as they fight for bilingual deaf education, sign language rights, and deaf civil rights is considered here, as well. Despite the vast political and cultural differences throughout Latin America, an epistemological shift has occurred regarding how Deaf people are treated and their stories narrated, from labeling "deaf as handicapped" to being recognized as a linguistic minority. This panoramic study of these challenges and triumphs will provide an invaluable resource for improving outcomes in deaf education and will help to secure the rights of Deaf children and adults in all societies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents ; Contributors ; Preface ; 1: A Panoramic View of Bilingual Deaf Education in Latin America ; 2: Educational Projects to Create a Bilingual Scenario for Deaf Students in Argentina ; 3: Producing and Consuming: Deaf Culture Negotiations in the Contemporary Scene ; 4: Bilingual Inclusive Deaf Education: Research in the Public Education System ; 5: Deaf Educators: Linguistic Models in an Intercultural-Bilingual Educational Context ; 6: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Sign Language Interpretation: A Latin American Perspective

7: Middle School Deaf Education in Mexico: A Postponed Issue 8: Inclusive Education in Mexico: De Facto Segregation of the Signing Deaf ; 9: Deaf Communities in Portuguese- Speaking African Countries: The Particular Case of Guinea-Bissau ; 10: The Uruguayan Deaf Community: Strategic Collective Activism through Education and Media ; 11: Bilingual Education or Multiple Linguistic and Technological Channels Shaping a Plurilingual Education: The Uruguayan Experience ; 12: Bicultural Bilingual Deaf Education in Venezuela: Approaching a Necessary Debate

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 18, 2016).

ISBN:

9781563686757

1563686759

Publisher Number:

99986545547

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.