The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices - Tapa dura

Shea, Gerald

 
9780300215434: The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices
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ISBN 10: 0300215436 ISBN 13: 9780300215434
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2017

Sinopsis

A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue

Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity. In this eloquent and thoroughly researched book, he uncovers the centuries-long struggle of the Deaf to be taught in sign language―the only language that renders them complete, fully communicative human beings. Shea explores the history of the deeply biased attitudes toward the Deaf in Europe and America, which illogically forced them to be taught in a language they could neither hear nor speak. As even A.G. Bell, a fervent oralist, admitted, sign language is "the quickest method of reaching the mind of a deaf child."
 
Shea’s research exposes a persistent but misguided determination among hearing educators to teach the Deaf orally, making the very faculty they lacked the principal instrument of their instruction. To forbid their education in sign language―the “language of light”―is to deny the Deaf their human rights, he concludes.

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Acerca del autor

Gerald Shea practiced corporate and international law for many years as a member of the New York and Paris bars. He is author of Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway Through Life, a prize‑winning memoir of his life with partial deafness. He divides his time between Paris and the North Shore of Massachusetts.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300215436
ISBN 13 
9780300215434
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
288
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