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Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard - Softcover

Groce, Nora Ellen

 
9780674270411: Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard
Softcover
ISBN 10: 067427041X ISBN 13: 9780674270411
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

<p>From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha’s Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born Deaf were so thoroughly integrated into the daily life of the community that they were not seen—and did not see themselves—as handicapped or as a group apart. Deaf people were included in all aspects of life, such as town politics, jobs, church affairs, and social life. How was this possible?<br><br>On the Vineyard, hearing and Deaf islanders alike grew up speaking sign language. This unique sociolinguistic adaptation meant that the usual barriers to communication between the hearing and the Deaf, which so isolate many Deaf people today, did not exist.</p>

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nora Ellen Groce is a medical anthropologist working in the field of global health and international development. She holds the Cheshire Chair and is Director of the International Disability Research Centre in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Care at University College London.

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Verlag
Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
067427041X
ISBN 13 
9780674270411
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
184
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