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LEADER: 03384cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2014049885
003 DLC
005 20151204083554.0
008 150116s2015 dcua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014049885
020 $a9781563686344 (hardback)
020 $z9781563686351 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $afb-----
050 00 $aHV2908$b.C57 2015
082 00 $a419/.67$223
084 $aSOC008000$aLAN017000$aSOC029000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aCitizenship, politics, difference :$bperspectives from Sub-Saharan signed language communities /$cAudrey C. Cooper and Khadijat K. Rashid, editors.
264 1 $aWashington, DC :$bGallaudet University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axxxix, 232 pages :$billustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most linguistically, culturally, and geographically diverse regions of the world, home to more than 2,000 languages. As in the rest of the world, Deaf people live throughout the widely varying sub-Saharan communities, equally rich in their signed languages. An emergent body of scholarly research on sub-Saharan signed languages (SSSL) and related Deaf community organizing has created the opportunity to gather together the informed perspectives presented in this revolutionary collection. Drawing examples from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa--Western, Eastern, Central, and Southern--16 contributors join the volume editors in illuminating the circumstances pertaining to cross-border, cross-regional, and global engagements in sub-Saharan Deaf communities. This collection centers upon two interrelated purposes: to examine sub-Saharan African deaf people's perspectives on citizenship, politics, and difference in relation to SSSL practices, and to analyze SSSL practices in relation to sociopolitical histories and social change interests (including addressing aspects of culture, gender, language usage, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and ability). The editors have organized these themes under three main sections, Sub-Saharan Signed Languages and Deaf Communities, The Politics of Mobilizing Difference, and Citizenship. Such wide-ranging subjects as the ethics of studying Kenyan signed language, sign language and Deaf communities in Eritrea, and overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers to HIV/AIDS education drive home the importance of the unique and varied research in this collection"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most linguistically, culturally, and geographically diverse regions in the world, home to more than 2,000 languages including sub-Saharan signed languages (SSSL). This collection examines sub-Saharan African deaf people's perpectives on citizenship, politics, and difference in relation to SSSL practices"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aDeaf$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 $aSign language.
650 0 $aCitizenship$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aCooper, Audrey C.
700 1 $aRashid, Khadijat K.