Signs and Voices

Signs and Voices

Deaf Culture, Identity, Language, and Arts

Kristin A. Lindgren, Doreen DeLuca, and Donna Jo Napoli, Editors

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Contents

I n t r o d u c t i o n

Kristin A. Lindgren, Doreen DeLuca,
and Donna Jo Napoli, Editors

P a r t O n e - C u l t u r e a n d I d e n t i t y

1.   S c i e n t i f i c E x p l a n a t i o n a n d
      O t h e r P e r f o r m a n c e A c t s i n
      t h e R e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f d e a f
      Tom Humphries

2. W h o A m I ? D e a f I d e n t i t y I s s u e s
Irene W. Leigh

3.   T h i n k - B e t w e e n : A D e a f S t u d i e s
      C o m m o n p l a c e B o o k
      Brenda Jo Brueggemann

4.   “ I T h o u g h t T h e r e W o u l d B e
      M o r e H e l e n K e l l e r ”: H i s t o r y
      t h r o u g h D e a f E y e s a n d N a r r a t i v e s
      o f R e p r e s e n t a t i o n
      Kristen Harmon

5.   B i o e t h i c s a n d t h e D e a f
      C o m m u n i t y
      Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

P a r t T w o : L a n g u a g e a n d L i t e r a c y

6.   C o g n i t i v e a n d N e u r a l
      R e p r e s e n t a t i o n s o f L a n g u a g e :
      I n s i g h t s f r o m S i g n L a n g u a g e s
      o f t h e D e a f
      Heather P. Knapp and David P. Corina

7.   C h i l d r e n C r e a t i n g C o r e
      P r o p e r t i e s o f L a n g u a g e :
      E v i d e n c e f r o m a n E m e r g i n g S i g n
      L a n g u a g e i n N i c a r a g u a
      Ann Senghas, Sotaro Kita, and Aslι Özyürek

8.   w e l l , “ w h a t ” I s I t ? D i s c o v e r y
      o f a N e w P a r t i c l e i n A S L
      Carol Neidle and Robert G. Lee

9.   S u c c e s s w i t h D e a f C h i l d r e n :
      H o w t o P r e v e n t E d u c a t i o n a l
      F a i l u r e
      Ronnie Wilbur

10. E n g l i s h a n d A S L : C l a s s r o o m
       A c t i v i t i e s t o S h e d S o m e L i g h t
       o n t h e U s e o f T w o L a n g u a g e s
       Shannon Allen

11. A B i l i n g u a l A p p r o a c h t o
R e a d i n g
Doreen DeLuca and Donna Jo Napoli

P a r t T h r e e : A m e r i c a n S i g n L a n g u a g e i n t h e A r t s

12. B o d y / T e x t : S i g n L a n g u a g e
       P o e t i c s a n d S p a t i a l F o r m i n
       L i t e r a t u r e
     H-Dirksen L. Bauman

13. T r e e T a n g l e d i n T r e e :
R e - S i t i n g P o e t r y t h r o u g h A S L
Michael Davidson

14. N o b i l i o r e s t v u l g a r i s : D a n t e ’s
       H y p o t h e s i s a n d S i g n L a n g u a g e
       P o e t r y
       David M. Perlmutter

15. F l y i n g W o r d s : A C o n v e r s a t i o n
       b e t w e e n P e t e r C o o k a n d
       K e n n y L e r n e r
     Kristin A. Lindgren, Doreen DeLuca,
     and Donna Jo Napoli, Editors

16. V i s u a l S h a k e s p e a r e :
       T w e l f t h N i g h t a n d t h e V a l u e
       o f A S L T r a n s l a t i o n
       Peter Novak

17. A S L i n P e r f o r m a n c e : A
       C o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h A d r i a n B l u e
       Kristin A. Lindgren, Doreen DeLuca,
       and Donna Jo Napoli, Editors

C o n t r i b u t o r s

I n d e x

Kristin A. Lindgren is Director of the Writing Center and Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Biography at Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Doreen DeLuca is an RID Certified Interpreter who works in the Philadelphia, PA, and Washington, DC, areas.

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

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