The Difficulty with Deafness Discourse and Disability Culture
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Deaf, Disability, Culture
Abstract
This paper addresses why the Deaf Culture stance is to distance itself from disability and how this divides rather than unifies communities in common. From the perspective of a member of both the Deaf World and Disability Culture, current discourses are considered and presented for discussion.
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Dant, T. & Gregory S. (1991) The Social Construction of Deafness, in Open University (Eds) Issues in Deafness Milton Keynes, GB :Open University Press.
Davis, Lennard. (2002) Bending over backwards: Disability, Dismodernism & Other Difficult Positions. New York: New York University Press.
Evans, Donald and Falk William (1986) Learning to be Deaf. Berlin: Mouton de Grayter.
Fine, Michelle and Asch, Adrienne (Eds) (1988) Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture and Politics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Foster, Susan (1996) “Disability of Difference? Deafness as a Case Example.” Paper Presented at Society for Disability Studies, Washington, D. C.
Glickman, Neil (1986) "Cultural Identity Deafness and Mental Health" Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (20) 1-10.
Johnson, R., Liddell S. and Erting C. (1989) Gallaudet Research Institute Working papers 89-3 Unlocking the Curriculum: Principles for achieving access in deaf education. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Lane, H. (1992) The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community. New York, Alfred Knopf.
Lane, Harlan (1995) “Constructions of Deafness.” Disability & Society& (10) No 2 [171-190.
Lane, H., Hoffmeister, R., and Ben Bahan (1996) A Journey into the DEAF-WORLD. San Diego: Dawn Sign Press.
Longmore, Paul (2003) Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability. Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
Mindess, Anna (2000) Reading Between the Signs Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters. Intercultural Press, Yarmouth, Maine.
Moore, Matthew S. and Linda Levitan with a foreword by Harlan Lane, 1993. 2nd Edition For Hearing People Only Rochester NY: Deaf Life Press.
Padden and Humphries, (1988) Deaf in America Voices from A Culture Cambridge, Ma: Oxford University Press.
Reagan, T. (1990) Cultural Considerations in the Education of Deaf Children in Meadows-Orlans and Moores, D. (Eds) Education and Developmental Aspects of Deafness. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
Roeher Institute (1996) Disability, Community and Society: Exploring the Links. North York, Ontario: Roeher Institute.
Ruiz, P. (1988) “Bilingualism and bilingual education in the US,” in C. B. Paulston (Ed.) International Handbook of Bilingualism and bilingual education, 539-560 New York: Greenwood Press.
Sacks, Oliver (1990) Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf. Harper Perennial. University of California Press.
Schein, J. (1989) At Home Among Strangers. Washington D. C. Gallaudet University Press.
Sheridan, Martha. (2001) Deaf Women Now: Establishing Our Niche. In Bragg, Lois (Ed.) Deaf World: A Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook. PP 380-389. New York: New York University Press.
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Author Biography
Tanis Doe, Royal Roads University and University of Victoria, Canada
TANIS DOE, B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., is a Deaf activist and academic who has other disabilities and a grown Deaf daughter. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, but also works in California, viva la Internet! Her areas of interest include technology, gender and sexuality as well as teaching disability studies.