The book serves as an illustrated and action-packed introduction to how modern linguistics gets to grips with a sign language. Such enthusiasm recalls the statements of the American danseuse La Meri sixty years ago, about how she used the traditional Indian dance language of hand and bodily gesture to communicate with Tamil colleagues. Deaf Lives and Sexual Vulnerability Academic discussion of technical progress in signing and education, while of great importance for the future of deaf cultures, can give a misleading impression of the quality of the lives led by deaf South Asians now, the opportunities open to them and the hazards to which they may casually be exposed. Some of the urban hazards, particularly to deaf women, appear in the exploratory two-year study by hearing researchers Patil and Gopinath, with Macarthur Population Programme assistance. This took place among groups of adults and young people in Deaf Organisations at Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai using questionnaires and open-ended discussions with interpreters and facilitators.
Morality is less at issue than mortality.
The Disability Press. Deaf Children in China. Gallaudet University Press. Sign Language and Bilingualism in Deaf Education. The Gesture Language of Hindu Dance.