The social condition of deaf people : the story of a woman and a hearing society / edited by Sara Trovato and Anna Folchi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trovato, Sara, editor.

Folchi, Anna, 1957- editor.

Series:

Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]

Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] ; v.16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sign language--Dictionaries.

Sign language.

Folchi, Anna, 1957-.

Folchi, Anna.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

Over the past decades, the field of sign language linguistics has expanded considerably. Recent research on sign languages includes a wide range of subdomains such as reference grammars, theoretical linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied studies on sign languages and Deaf communities. The SLDC series is concerned with the study of sign languages in a comprehensive way, covering various theoretical, experimental, and applied dimensions of sign language research and their relationship to Deaf communities around the world. The series provides a multidisciplinary platform for innovative and outstanding research in sign language linguistics and aims at linking the study of sign languages to current trends in modern linguistics, such as new experimental and theoretical investigations, the importance of language endangerment, the impact of technological developments on data collection and Deaf education, and the broadening geographical scope of typological sign language studies, especially in terms of research on non-Western sign languages and Deaf communities.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

A duet as an introduction

1a Hearing people. A larger sphere and a smaller sphere

1b Hearing people. Power issues in Michel Foucault's framework, and a society to share

2a My origins

2b Good reasons for the right to sign languages

3a A beautiful childhood

3b Deaf education results in ten European countries: Equitability, accessibility, and accountability of educational systems

4a An inadequate education at school, an effective education at home

4b Building written production in Deaf students. The "Free text writing" workshop in an excellent Italian bilingual school

5a Great history from my perspective: Student protests following 1968

5b Speaking for oneself: Language and power in the Italian deaf community

6a First jobs

6b Deaf people from school to labor in ten European countries

7a Deaf awareness

7b Deaf President then. Political pluralism in the unification of Deaf associations in liberated Italy

8a Theatrical activity. Joseph Castronovo's story

8b A genial man in the wrong institutional environment. Deaf empowerment in Italian and French theatre experiences

9a A citizen of the world

9b Theories about deafness: Disability, culture, identity

10a Engaging for my community

10b Hypothesis on policy evaluation and school legislation: The effects of access to education, mainstreaming and instructional bilingualism

11a Research work

11b How society at large can become inclusive, sector after sector: Ethical choices in research as confronted to deafness and Deaf persons in Italy

12a Edgardo Carli, Deaf partisan. A conference of Anna's

12b Academic matters. The Deaf perspective: Difficulties and proposed solutions

13a Being a Deaf woman

13b Deaf women, deaf men, hearing women, hearing men

Anna's acknowledgments

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-076314-1