Title: Reading between the signs : intercultural communication for sign language interpreters /
Authors: Mindess, Anna.
Publisher: Intercultural Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Interpreters for the deaf United States.; Communication and culture United States.; Intercultural communication United States.; Deaf Means of communication United States; American Sign Language.
Abstract: "In Reading Between the Signs, Anna Mindess provides a new perspective on a unique culture that is not widely understood - American Deaf culture.
Contents: Introduction -- The study of culture -- Selected topics in intercultural communication -- Do Americans really have a culture? -- American deaf culture -- Multicultural deaf culture -- Culture, change, and technology -- The impact of cultural differences on interpreting situations -- Multicultural interpreting challenges -- The interpreter's role and responsibilities -- Techniques for cultural adjustments -- Interpreting in a virtual world -- Cultural sensitivity shouldn't end at five o'clock -- Afterword / by Thomas K. Holcomb.