Books published by Gallaudet University Press,U.S.

Traces the intertwining of Protestant religion and the development of the deaf community from the nineteenth to twenty-first century. The author highlights the role of missionary movements in the spread of sign language; and shows how film and stage productions drew on religious themes in their portrayal of the deaf community and its struggles.

Deaf students in mainstream schools face many challenges, but one particularly difficult situation is relatively little studied: being the only deaf student in the entire school. This book offers a qualitative study of the experiences of deaf and hard of hearing students in that situation.

When she was five, the author was placed in an oral deaf school. There, she was trained to communicate only in spoken English. Her determination led to achievements that caused many to identify her as a "deaf girl that had made good." This book tells her story.

Published to commemorate Gallaudet University's 150th anniversary, this book traces the historic path that Gallaudet traveled to become the finest institution of higher education for deaf people throughout the world.

In 1982, the US Supreme Court ruled that Amy Rowley, a deaf six-year-old, was not entitled to have a sign language interpreter in her public school classroom. The author offers a counter argument, contending that the Constitution should protect every child's right to communication and language as part of an individual's right to liberty.

Profiles ten Norwegian Deaf people, and their life stories within a translocal/transnational framework. The author notes that deaf individuals find themselves distanced from their own families, and akin to other deaf people in far locations. The ten stories in this book reveal deaf people who would like a stronger link to the Deaf world.

Komesaroff exposes the power of the entrenched dominant groups and their influence on the politics of policy and practice in the education of deaf students.

The difficulty that deaf and hard-of-hearing students have in attaining language and literacy skills has led many scholars to attribute their struggle to a developmental deficit. However, in this study, the contributors present research findings of the Qualitative Similarity Hypothesis, which debunks such theories.

Circles the globe - from Asia and Russia to Europe and the United Kingdom, from Africa to South America to the United States - profiling the immense diversity of the world's Deaf communities.

Based on scholarship presented at a 2003 conference held at Gallaudet University, this title includes thirteen essays that explores the complex sociological interplay between genetics and deafness, as viewed by a distinguished panel of scholars and scientists from the platforms of their respective disciplines.

Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege.

Addresses the effects of a range of modern scientific and social developments - such as cochlear implants, genetic engineering, and educational mainstreaming - on deaf culture. This book splits into three sections, the first focusing on culture and identity, the second on language and literacy, and the third on American Sign Language in the arts.

The meaning of any linguistic expression resides not only in the words, but in the way those words are conveyed. This title explores this crucial interrelatedness of form and meaning in the context of American Sign Language, specifically in relation to the concept of non-agent focus - the ASL equivalent of the passive voice in English.

Showcases the work of Deaf writers from 1830 to 1930 during a critical formative period in their history. In this title, excerpted works include autobiographies, travel narratives, romances, nonfiction, short stories, editorials, descriptive pieces, and other forms of prose.

Brings together a cadre of world-renowned educators and researchers who conduct an exploration of paradigms, both old and new, in interpreter education.

Tells the story of Lyson Sulla, a Deaf man entirely despondent of the feeling that "the hearing think deaf means dumb," who sets out to establish a sovereign Deaf state on an island called Islay. This book charts Sulla's quest across the nation to rally support and recruit citizens, and his subsequent efforts to become elected state's governor.

For individuals who are both deaf and blind, even the most commonplace of tasks can pose immense challenges. This title paints an honest and compelling picture of the overlooked realities of living with multiple physical disabilities.

In 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs, The Week the World Heard Gallaudet depicts, day by day, the Deaf President Now! Revolution at Gallaudet University as it unfolded March 6 - 13, 1988. Author Jack Gannon interviewed such main characters as Greg Hlibok, president of the student government, and Elizabeth Zinser, the University's president for two days. I. King Jordan, Gallaudet's first deaf president, contributed the epilogue.

Volume 10 of the series explores sociolinguistics in various European Deaf communities in Finland, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom.

In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word "deaf" described someone who was not really human. This autobiography reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail.

Mark Rigney succinctly depicts the progress of one college-s production of the 1957 classic American musical West Side Story, from the clashes between the deaf high school cast members and their hearing counterparts to the final production.

Especially for use with deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, Signing with Your Clients shows how to sign the questions and statements most frequently used by clinicians. More than 500 line drawings illustrate the signs for 237 sentences with translations printed below. Each sentence begins and ends on the same page, and the spiral binding allows pages to be flipped easily, to leave hands free for signing. A special glossary with technical terms allows the creation of original sentences.

The Second International Symposium on Cognition, Education, and Deafness in 1989 broadened and deepened the scope of investigation initiated at the first conference held five years earlier. Advances in Cognition, Education, and Deafness provides the results in a single integrated volume. The 39 scholars from 14 nations who attended offered consistent progress from the first symposium and new areas of research, especially in the study of applications in education and the new field of neuro-anatomical dimensions of cognition and deafness. This important book has been organized under six major themes: Cognitive Assessment; Language and Cognition; Cognitive Development; Neuroscientific Issues; Cognitive Processes; and Cognitive Intervention Programs. This useful study also features programs designed to facilitate the learning of deaf individuals in cognitive realms, and questions about methodological problems facing researchers in deafness. Advances in Cognition, Education, and Deafness also synthesizes this wealth of data with the added value of the objective perspective of a cognitive psychologist not directly involved in the field of deafness. Teachers, students, scholars, and researchers will consider this an indispensable reference for years to come.