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Shifting the Dialog, Shifting the Culture Pathways to Successful Postsecondary Outcomes for Deaf Individuals
ISBN: HB: 9781944838126, Gallaudet University Press, November 2017
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 figures, 5 illus.
In this volume, Stephanie W. Cawthon and Carrie Lou Garberoglio discuss the individual and systemic factors that both facilitate and inhibit the attainment of postsecondary education, training, and career goals for deaf individuals. Real-life example...
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£52,50
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Deaf to the Marrow Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Viet Nam
ISBN: HB: 9781563686856, Gallaudet University Press, October 2017
256 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 40 photographs, 1 map
In "Deaf to the Marrow", public anthropologist Audrey C. Cooper examines the social production and transformation of ideas about language, bodies, and state-structured educational institutions in southern Viet Nam. Focusing on the reform period (1986...
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£64,00
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Sign Language Interpreting in the Workplace
ISBN: HB: 9781563686894, Gallaudet University Press, May 2017
304 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 13 transcriptions
The last forty years have seen a dramatic change in the nature of work, with deaf people increasingly moving into white collar or office-based professions. The rise of deaf professionals has led to sign language interpreters being employed across a v...
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£56,50
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Fighting in the Shadows The Untold Story of Deaf People in the Civil War
ISBN: HB: 9781563686801, Gallaudet University Press, May 2017
248 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 160 photographs
This visually rich volume presents Harry G. Lang's groundbreaking study of deaf people's experiences in the Civil War. Based on meticulous archival research, "Fighting in the Shadows" reveals the stories of both ordinary and extraordinary deaf soldie...
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£30,00
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My Mother Made Me Deaf Discourse and Identity in a Deaf Community
ISBN: HB: 9781563686870, Gallaudet University Press, April 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 17 figures, 1 table
The term deaf often sparks heated debates about authority and authenticity. The concept of Deaf identity and affiliation with the DEAF-WORLD are constantly negotiated social constructions that rely heavily on the use of American Sign Language. Howeve...
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£49,00
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Stories They Told Me The Life of My Deaf Parents
ISBN: PB: 9781944838027, Gallaudet University Press, April 2017
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 17 photographs
In this heartfelt memoir, Maria Wallisfurth recounts the lives of her deaf parents in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. Her mother, Maria Giefer, was born in 1897 and her father, Wilhelm Sistermann, was born in 1896. T...
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£28,00
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Promoting Positive Transition Outcomes Effective Planning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Young Adults
ISBN: HB: 9781563686627, Gallaudet University Press, March 2017
320 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 21 tables, 8 line drawings
Many students struggle with the transition from high school to the next stage of their lives. For deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students, that struggle can be intensified by barriers and discriminatory attitudes they face in their communities, schoo...
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£56,50
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Conversations with Interpreter Educators Exploring Best Practices
ISBN: HB: 9781944838003, Gallaudet University Press, March 2017
188 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
Sign language interpreter education is a relatively young field that is moving toward more theory-based and research-oriented approaches. The concept of sharing research, which is strongly encouraged in this academic community, inspired Christine Mon...
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£45,00
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Deaf Epistemologies, Identity, and Learning A Comparative Perspective
ISBN: HB: 9781563686702, Gallaudet University Press, March 2017
256 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 4 illus., 3 figures
Goedele A. M. De Clerck presents cross-cultural comparative research that examines and documents where deaf flourishing occurs and how it can be advanced. She spotlights collective and dynamic resources of knowledge and learning; the coexistence of l...
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£64,00
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Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces
ISBN: PB: 9781563686832, Gallaudet University Press, February 2017
128 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 4 figures, 1 illus.
In "Adventures of a Deaf-Mute", Deaf New Englander William B. Swett recounts his adventures in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the late 1860s. Given to us in short, energetic episodes, Swett tells daring stories of narrow escapes from death a...
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£19,00
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