num_pages: 308
description: This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes leading and emerging scholars the majority of whom are deaf consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender sexuality disability family and race. Together they explore the role of sensory perception in constructing community redefine literacy in light of signed languages and delve into the profound medical social and political dimensions of the disability label often assigned to deafness.Moving beyond proving the existence of deaf culture Open Your Eyes shows how the culture contributes vital insights on issues of identity language and power and ultimately challenges our cultures obsession with normalcy. Contributors: Benjamin Bahan Gallaudet U; Douglas C. Baynton U of Iowa; Frank Bechter U of Chicago; MJ Bienvenu Gallaudet U; Brenda Jo Brueggemann Ohio State U; Lennard J. Davis U of Illinois Chicago; Lindsay Dunn Gallaudet U; Lawrence Fleischer California State U Northridge; Genie Gertz California State U Northridge; Hilde Haualand FAFO Institute; Robert Hoffmeister Boston U; Tom Humphries U of California San Diego; Arlene Blumenthal Kelly Gallaudet U; Marlon Kuntze U of California Berkeley; Paddy Ladd U of Bristol; Harlan Lane Northeastern U; Joseph J. Murray U of Iowa; Carol Padden U of California San Diego.H-Dirksen L. Bauman is professor and director of the graduate program in Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University. He is coeditor of Signing the Body Poetic: Essays in American Sign Language Literature executive editor of the Deaf Studies Digital Journal and executive producer and codirector of the documentary film Audism Unveiled.
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title: Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking
publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press