Cultural and language diversity and the deaf experience / 
editor, Ila Parasnis. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  1996. 
 - xiv, 306 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><br/>Frontmatter pp i-vi<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>Contents pp vii-x<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>Preface pp xi-xiv<br/>By Ila Parasnis<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>PART I - BILINGUALISM-BICULTURALISM AND THE DEAF EXPERIENCE: AN OVERVIEW pp 1-2<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>1 - On Interpreting the Deaf Experience within the Context of Cultural and Language Diversity pp 3-19<br/>By Ila Parasnis<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>2 - Living with Two Languages and Two Cultures pp 20-37<br/>By François Grosjean<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>3 - Perspectives from the History and the Politics of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in the United States pp 38-50<br/>By Kenji Hakuta, Elizabeth Feldman Mostafapour<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>4 - Cognitive and Language Development of Bilingual Children pp 51-76<br/>By Josiane F. Hamers<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>PART II - PSYCHOSOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES OF DEAF PEOPLE pp 77-78<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>5 - From the Cultural to the Bicultural: The Modern Deaf Community pp 79-98<br/>By Carol A. Padden<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>6 - Early Bilingual Lives of Deaf Children pp 99-116<br/>By Carol A. Padden<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>7 - Communication Experiences of Deaf People: An Ethnographic Account pp 117-135<br/>By Susan B. Foster<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>8 - Marginality, Biculturalism, and Social Identity of Deaf People pp 136-145<br/>By R. Greg Emerton<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>9 - Attitudes of the Deaf Community Toward Political Activism pp 146-159<br/>By Gerald C. Bateman<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>10 - Cultural and Language Diversity in the Curriculum: Toward Reflective Practice pp 160-170<br/>By Bonnie Meath-Lang<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>11 - Minority Empowerment and the Education of Deaf People pp 171-180<br/>By Joan B. Stone<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>12 - Social Assimilation of Deaf High School Students: The Role of School Environment pp 181-198<br/>By Thomas K. Holcomb<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>PART III - THE DEAF EXPERIENCE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS pp 199-200<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>13 - Growing up Deaf in Deaf Families: Two Different Experiences pp 201-224<br/>By Susan C. Searls, David R. Johnston<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>14 - Another New Birth: Reflections of a Deaf Native Signer pp 225-231<br/>By Patrick A. Graybill<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>15 - Raising Deaf Children in Hearing Society: Struggles and Challenges for Deaf Native ASL Signers pp 232-245<br/>By Gary E. Mowl<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>16 - In Search of Self: Experiences of a Postlingually Deaf African-American pp 246-257<br/>By Dianne K. Brooks<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>17 - Living in a Bilingual-Bicultural Family pp 258-271<br/>By Lynn Finton<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>18 - On Being Both Hearing and Deaf: My Bilingual-Bicultural Experience pp 272-288<br/>By Patricia Mudgett-DeCaro<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>Name Index pp 289-294<br/>Get access<br/>Export citation<br/><br/>Subject Index pp 295-306 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521454778 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95042275  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deaf--Social conditions.--United States<br/>Linguistic minorities--United States.<br/>Multiculturalism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV2545  / .C85 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.908 2 PAR