Mother Father Deaf - Living between Sound and Silence

"Mother father deaf" is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two cultures, the Hearing and the Deaf. The author is one of these children, and in this book based on 150 interviews, he takes us to the place where Deaf and Hearing cultures meet.

About the author

Paul Preston manages the recently created national Research and Training Center on Families of Adults with Disabilities, located at Through the Looking Glass, a nonprofit organization in Berkeley, California. He is also Research Associate in Medical Anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Summary

“Mother father deaf” is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. Preston, one of these children, takes us to the place where Deaf and Hearing cultures meet. His work is based both on personal experience and on 150 interviews with adult hearing children of deaf parents throughout the U.S.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Preston, Paul M Preston, Paul M. Preston
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.1998
• EAN: 9780674587489
• ISBN: 978-0-674-58748-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Disability: social aspects, Sociology: family and relationships, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Sign Language