Kristen Harmon
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English
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"Silent Life and Silent Language presents a fictionalized account of life at a Midwestern residential school for deaf students in the years following the Civil War. Based on the experiences of the author, who became deaf at the age of nine and entered a residential school when she was twelve, this historical work is remarkable and rare because it focuses on signing deaf women's lives. One of only a few accounts written by deaf women in the 19th century,...
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Language
English
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"Howard L. Terry wrote a novel between 1917 and 1919, which he donated to the Gallaudet University Archives in 1949. There it rested until a resurgence of interest in Deaf literature led to its recent rediscovery. Mickey's Harvest: A Novel of a Deaf Boy's Checkered Life recounts the rollicking tale of a young deaf boy and how he learned to survive and thrive at the advent of the 20th century. Mickey Dunmore's story begins with the sinking of his father's...
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English
Description
Consists of eight interviews of a diverse group of Deaf people, ranging from high school age to older adult, describing the various ways they communicate and the reasons behind their choices. Each interview section is divided into five or six categories. Category selections include communication choices, communication tools, communication challenges, being Deaf, technology, language use, Deaf history, Deaf culture, employment, indentity, family history,...