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Deaf Me Normal: Deaf South Africans Tell Their Life Stories
Contributor(s): Morgan, Ruth (Editor)

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 ISBN: 186888435X     ISBN-13: 9781868884353
Publisher: Unisa Press
OUR PRICE: $26.25  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2008
* Out of Print *

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 305.908
LCCN: 2010475211
Series: Hidden Histories
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.6" W x 9.2" L (1.05 lbs) 294 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
Prior to 2007 no books had been written on the culture and history of Deaf people in South Africa. This groundbreaking book within the Hidden Histories Series came about with the help of a group of courageous Deaf people who entrusted their stories to author Ruth Morgan and her team. It provides a direct window into the experiences, perceptions and world view of the Deaf narrators. ""We never had a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Deaf people. There is nothing for the Deaf community. Deaf people were affected but they were not given an opportunity."" - Gavin Johnson. As part of an oral history project, Deaf Me Normal builds a bridge between the Deaf and the hearing worlds, so that hearing people can access the hidden lives of Deaf South Africans. The social discrimination against Deaf people during apartheid resulted in their extreme marginalisation and the silencing of their experiences. Deaf people in South Africa, together with Deaf communities worldwide, have a culture with a long and rich oral folk tradition based on the use of SASL. As in other cultures with an oral tradition, the language is used in face-to-face interactions and does not have a written form.
 
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