Articulate : a deaf memoir of voice / Rachel Kolb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolb, Rachel, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--United States--Biography.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Means of communication.

Deaf people--United States--Social conditions.

Deaf women--Biography.

Deaf women.

Kolb, Rachel.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

295 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]

Summary:

"A deaf writer's exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate-and her journey to reclaim her voice Rachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal rights to accessibility services. Still, from a young age, she contorted herself to expectations set by a world that prioritizes hearing people. So she learned to speak through speech therapy and to piece together missing sounds through lipreading and an eventual cochlear implant, all while finding clarity and meaning in American Sign Language (ASL) and written literature. Now in Articulate, Kolb blends personal narrative with cultural commentary to explore the different layers of deafness, language, and voice. She deconstructs multisensory experiences of language, examining the cultural importance hearing people attach to sound, the inner labyrinths of speech therapy, the murkiness of lipreading, and her lifelong intimacy with written English. And she uses her own experiences to illuminate the complexities of disability access, partnerships with ASL interpreters, Deaf culture and d/Deaf identity, and the perception versus reality of deafness. Part memoir, part cultural exploration, Kolb details a life lived among words in varied sensory forms and considers why and how those words matter. Told through rich storytelling, analysis, and humor, Articulate is a linguistic coming-of-age in both deaf and hearing worlds, challenging us to consider how language expresses our humanity-and offering more ways we might exist together"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Articulate

Soundings

Success/Failure

Of the Eye

Intelligibility

Literacy

Deduction

Bionics

Hybridity

Interpretations

Access

Reciprocities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Kolb, Rachel Articulate

ISBN:

9780063375185

0063375184

OCLC:

1504737206

Publisher Number:

90102544000