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Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language : Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard / Nora Ellen Groce.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©1985Description: 1 online resource (183 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674037953
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.420974494
LOC classification:
  • HV2561.M49.G76 1985eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. "They Were Just Like Everyone Else" -- 2. The History of Martha's Vineyard -- 3. The Origins of Vineyard Deafness -- 4. The Genetics of Vineyard Deafness -- 5. The Island Adaptation to Deafness -- 6. Growing Up Deaf on the Vineyard -- 7. Deafness in Historical Perspective -- 8. "Those People Weren't Handicapped" -- Appendix A. Oral and Written Sources -- Appendix B. Perceived Causes of Vineyard Deafness -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha’s Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born Deaf were so thoroughly integrated into the daily life of the community that they were not seen—and did not see themselves—as handicapped or as a group apart. Deaf people were included in all aspects of life, such as town politics, jobs, church affairs, and social life. How was this possible?On the Vineyard, hearing and Deaf islanders alike grew up speaking sign language. This unique sociolinguistic adaptation meant that the usual barriers to communication between the hearing and the Deaf, which so isolate many Deaf people today, did not exist.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. "They Were Just Like Everyone Else" -- 2. The History of Martha's Vineyard -- 3. The Origins of Vineyard Deafness -- 4. The Genetics of Vineyard Deafness -- 5. The Island Adaptation to Deafness -- 6. Growing Up Deaf on the Vineyard -- 7. Deafness in Historical Perspective -- 8. "Those People Weren't Handicapped" -- Appendix A. Oral and Written Sources -- Appendix B. Perceived Causes of Vineyard Deafness -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha’s Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born Deaf were so thoroughly integrated into the daily life of the community that they were not seen—and did not see themselves—as handicapped or as a group apart. Deaf people were included in all aspects of life, such as town politics, jobs, church affairs, and social life. How was this possible?On the Vineyard, hearing and Deaf islanders alike grew up speaking sign language. This unique sociolinguistic adaptation meant that the usual barriers to communication between the hearing and the Deaf, which so isolate many Deaf people today, did not exist.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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