My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness /

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"Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents." "...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Lennard J., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2000]
Series:Creative nonfiction (Urbana, Ill.)
Subjects:
Davis, Lennard J., > 1949-
Children of deaf parents > United States > Biography.
Deaf parents > United States > Biography.
Deaf > Family relationships > United States > Case studies.
Enfants de parents sourds > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parents sourds > États-Unis > Biographies.
Personnes sourdes > Relations familiales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Children of deaf parents
Deaf > Family relationships
Deaf parents
Biografie
Gehörlosigkeit
Psychosoziale Situation
United States
Creative nonfiction, American.
Biographies
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The grain of sounds
  • Language and the word of my father
  • The two mothers
  • Brother's keeper
  • Honeymoon with mom
  • Schooling
  • Adolescence
  • College and other awakenings.

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