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Looking back : a reader on the history of deaf communities and their sign languages / Renate Fischer, Harlan Lane, eds.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International studies on sign language and the communication of the deaf ; v. 20.Publication details: Hamburg : Signum Press ; Washington, D.C. : Distributor for the U.S., Gallaudet University Press, c1993.Description: 558 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 3927731323
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.9/08162 20
LOC classification:
  • HV2367 .L66 1993
Contents:
Deaf Biographies. Etienne de Fay and the history of the Deaf / Bernard Truffaut. Personalities in the world of Deaf Mutes in 18th century Paris / Maryse Bezagu-Deluy -- Optical allusions I. Deaf people. Roberto Francisco Pradez. Spain's first Deaf teacher of the Deaf / Susan Plann. Silent artists / Yves Bernard -- Optical allusions II. Examples of Deaf art. Francis Maginn (1861-1918) / Brian Grant. Deaf teachers in 19th century Russia / Howard G. Williams -- Optical allusions III. Some Deaf teachers of the Deaf -- Deaf Communities. Fragments of 'glottophagia'. Ferdinand Berthier and the birth of the Deaf movement in France / Alexis Karacostas. The Deaf Mute banquets and the birth of the Deaf movement / Bernard Mottez. The fate of the Israelite Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Berlin / Horst Biesold. The British Deaf community during the 1939-1945 war / Gloria Pullen and Rachel Sutton-Spence. The long road to self-confidence of the Deaf in Germany / Gertrud Mally. History of the Deaf in Russia. Myths and realities / Igor Abramov -- Optical allusions IV. Deaf humour -- Sign Languages and Signed Systems -- Optical allusions V. Signs of the times. The history of sign language in Italian education of the Deaf / Serena Corazza. Introduction to the history of Norwegian sign language / Odd-Inge Schroder. Francisco Fernandez Villabrille (1811-1864) and 'el lenguaje de signos' / Maria A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez. Sit on your hands. Strategies to prevent signing / Patrick McDonnell and Helena Saunders -- Optical allusions VI. Hand alphabets -- Deaf Education in the Context of Oralism. Anna Catharina Elisabeth Heinicke (1757-1840). First female principal of a German school for the Deaf / Joachim Winkler -- Optical allusions VII. Samuel Heinicke. The origins of the St. Petersburg Institute for the Deaf / H.G. Williams and Polina Fyodorova. The Influence of Italian oralism in Argentina / Graciela Alisedo and Carlos Skliar -- Optical allusions VIII. Articulation. The academic integration of Deaf children. A historical perspective / John Vickrey Van Cleve. Written and unwritten records from a residential school for the Deaf in Rome / P. Pinna, L. Pagliari Rampelli, P. Rossini and V. Volterra -- Optical allusions IX. At school. Issues Concerning Medicalization, Sociology, and Philosophy. Images of the Deaf in medieval western Europe / Aude de Saint-Loup. The status of the Deaf in the light of Jewish sources / Avraham Zwiebel. The scholars, the Deaf and the language of signs in France in the 18th century / Jean-Rene Presneau -- Optical allusions X. Some classics on gestures and speech. Language of action / Renate Fischer. The Danish Deaf culture in European and western society / Jonna Widell. The medicalization of cultural Deafness in historical perspective / Harlan Lane -- Optical allusions XI. Lively speech -- deadly apparatus? -- Optical allusions XII. Experiments on animals -- Methodological and Theoretical Issues of Deaf History. Life histories of the Deaf in an oralist world. Preliminary reflections on a pilot project / Gunther List. Oral history and Deaf heritage. Theory and case studies / John S. Schuchman -- Optical allusions XIII. Stamps -- Optical allusions: Iconography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Deaf Biographies. Etienne de Fay and the history of the Deaf / Bernard Truffaut. Personalities in the world of Deaf Mutes in 18th century Paris / Maryse Bezagu-Deluy -- Optical allusions I. Deaf people. Roberto Francisco Pradez. Spain's first Deaf teacher of the Deaf / Susan Plann. Silent artists / Yves Bernard -- Optical allusions II. Examples of Deaf art. Francis Maginn (1861-1918) / Brian Grant. Deaf teachers in 19th century Russia / Howard G. Williams -- Optical allusions III. Some Deaf teachers of the Deaf -- Deaf Communities. Fragments of 'glottophagia'. Ferdinand Berthier and the birth of the Deaf movement in France / Alexis Karacostas. The Deaf Mute banquets and the birth of the Deaf movement / Bernard Mottez. The fate of the Israelite Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Berlin / Horst Biesold. The British Deaf community during the 1939-1945 war / Gloria Pullen and Rachel Sutton-Spence. The long road to self-confidence of the Deaf in Germany / Gertrud Mally. History of the Deaf in Russia. Myths and realities / Igor Abramov -- Optical allusions IV. Deaf humour -- Sign Languages and Signed Systems -- Optical allusions V. Signs of the times. The history of sign language in Italian education of the Deaf / Serena Corazza. Introduction to the history of Norwegian sign language / Odd-Inge Schroder. Francisco Fernandez Villabrille (1811-1864) and 'el lenguaje de signos' / Maria A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez. Sit on your hands. Strategies to prevent signing / Patrick McDonnell and Helena Saunders -- Optical allusions VI. Hand alphabets -- Deaf Education in the Context of Oralism. Anna Catharina Elisabeth Heinicke (1757-1840). First female principal of a German school for the Deaf / Joachim Winkler -- Optical allusions VII. Samuel Heinicke. The origins of the St. Petersburg Institute for the Deaf / H.G. Williams and Polina Fyodorova. The Influence of Italian oralism in Argentina / Graciela Alisedo and Carlos Skliar -- Optical allusions VIII. Articulation. The academic integration of Deaf children. A historical perspective / John Vickrey Van Cleve. Written and unwritten records from a residential school for the Deaf in Rome / P. Pinna, L. Pagliari Rampelli, P. Rossini and V. Volterra -- Optical allusions IX. At school. Issues Concerning Medicalization, Sociology, and Philosophy. Images of the Deaf in medieval western Europe / Aude de Saint-Loup. The status of the Deaf in the light of Jewish sources / Avraham Zwiebel. The scholars, the Deaf and the language of signs in France in the 18th century / Jean-Rene Presneau -- Optical allusions X. Some classics on gestures and speech. Language of action / Renate Fischer. The Danish Deaf culture in European and western society / Jonna Widell. The medicalization of cultural Deafness in historical perspective / Harlan Lane -- Optical allusions XI. Lively speech -- deadly apparatus? -- Optical allusions XII. Experiments on animals -- Methodological and Theoretical Issues of Deaf History. Life histories of the Deaf in an oralist world. Preliminary reflections on a pilot project / Gunther List. Oral history and Deaf heritage. Theory and case studies / John S. Schuchman -- Optical allusions XIII. Stamps -- Optical allusions: Iconography.