Full Description
This book is a timely and thought-provoking book and an important contribution to the expanding transdisciplinary field of Deaf Studies. Authors, most of whom are Deaf, critically examine aspects of Deaf culture, reflect on diversity within the Deaf community, and advocate for the recognition of Deaf people as a linguistic-cultural minority. Grounded in critical pedagogy as its theoretical framework, the book highlights the persistent oppressive forces faced by Deaf people and also the challenges to these oppressive forces to promote social justice through acts of resistance and affirmation, particularly expressed through the arts, including music.
Contents
Foreword
Peter McLaren
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Cover Art
Nancy Rourke
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Tapestry of the Deaf Soul
Ana L. Cruz
Part 1: Encounters in Deaf Culture
1 Beyond Culture: Deaf Studies and the Deaf Body
Douglas C. Baynton
2 Diasporic Deaf Places and Spaces: A Comparative Overview of Sign Languages
Joseph C. Hill
3 Black and Deaf in the United States: Call for Research Exploring Intersecting Identities
Lindsay M. Dunn and Kari F. Cooke
4 The Notion of Deaf People as Disabled and the Emergence of Deaf Culture in China
Junhui Yang
Part 2: Deaf Art: Affirmation, Resistance, and Liberation
5 Deaf Humor as a Political Tool
Rachel Sutton-Spence
6 'Here Are My Wings': Deaf Women's Liberation through the Poetry of American Sign Language and Written English
Karen Christie and Dorothy M. Wilkins
7 The Transformative Power of Deaf Theatre
Aaron W. Kelstone
8 De'VIA as an Art Form and a Form of Activism
Patti Durr
Part 3: 'Deaf Music:' Visions, Possibilities, and Social Justice
9 Signed Music and the Deaf Community
Jody H. Cripps, Anita Small, Ely Lyonblum, Samuel J. Supalla, Aimee K. Whyte and Joanne S. Cripps
10 Make the Sign, Make the Mark, Play the Music: Teach the World
Marko Vuoriheimo
11 Silence as a Powerful Cultural Mark: Critical Pedagogy, Music, and Radical Deaf Studies
Ana L. Cruz
Part 4: Understanding the Auditory System and Portraying the Diversity of Deaf Voices through Research
12 Understanding the Auditory Pathway and Hearing Loss
Wafaa Kaf
13 Analyzing the Meaning of Numbers and Words to Portray Deaf Experiences
Stephanie Cawthon
Afterword
Paddy Ladd
Appendix A: De'VIA Manifesto
Appendix B: Manifesto of Surdism
Appendix C: Music for the Deaf: A Qualitative Approach
Ana L. Cruz
Index
