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Deaf Like Me is a biographical book about a family who discovers their daughter, Lynn, is deaf, and deals with a language barrier. It was written by Thomas and James Spradley, Lynn's father and uncle, and originally published in 1979. It begins in November 1964, before Lynn was born, and ends in August 1975, when she was ten.
James P. Spradley (1933–1982) was a social scientist and a professor of anthropology at Macalester College. [1] Spradley wrote or edited 20 books on ethnography and qualitative research including The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society (1972), Deaf Like Me (1979), The Ethnographic Interview (1979), and Participant Observation (1980).
The experience of the Deaf being a language minority is comparable to other minorities' native languages being important to group identification and the preservation of their culture. [4] Deaf clubs (such as NAD- The National Association of the Deaf) and Deaf schools have played large roles in the preservation of sign language and Deaf culture. [5]
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American Sign Language literature (ASL literature) is one of the most important shared cultural experiences in the American deaf community.Literary genres initially developed in residential Deaf institutes, such as American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, [1] which is where American Sign Language developed as a language in the early 19th century. [2]
My father looked me over, and as he stood there for what felt like a very long time, I was sure he was going to hand me my head. And not on a platter. "I'll tell you what I'm going to do," he said.
Duke lacrosse players wore No. 45 on their warmup jerseys in support of teammate Reade Seligmann before a March 2, 2007, game at College Park, Maryland.
His poems make sophisticated use of handshape, movement, use of space, repetition, and facial expression. Influenced by canonical American poets like Robert Frost and deaf poets like Bernard Bragg, Valli often chose nature imagery to convey subtle insights into the deaf experience. His brief "Hands" — which uses the 5 handshape throughout ...