Reading between the signs
Subtitle: intercultural communication for sign language interpreters
By: Anna Mindess with Thomas K. Holcomb, Daniel Langholtz, and Priscilla Moyers ; foreword by Sharon Neumann Solow
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Intercultural Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
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
Description: "In Reading Between the Signs, Anna Mindess provides a new perspective on a unique culture that is not widely understood - American Deaf culture.

With the collaboration of three distinguished Deaf consultants, Mindess explores the implications of cultural differences at the intersection of the Deaf and the hearing worlds."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-286) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The study of culture; title: Selected topics in intercultural communication; title: Do Americans really have a culture?; title: American deaf culture; title: Multicultural deaf culture; title: Culture, change, and technology; title: The impact of cultural differences on interpreting situations; title: Multicultural interpreting challenges; title: The interpreter's role and responsibilities; title: Techniques for cultural adjustments; title: Interpreting in a virtual world; title: Cultural sensitivity shouldn't end at five o'clock; title: Afterword / by Thomas K. Holcomb