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The stories of Deaf people, which rarely make it into print, here bring to life a world little known in mainstream culture. The storytellers are old and young; the pain of a generation brought up forbidden to sign contrasts with the confidence of young people using New Zealand Sign Language as they assert ‘Deaf Pride’.
The stories also challenge an often ill-informed mainstream view of what it means to be Deaf, and make a powerful statement about the importance of communication – within and beyond the Deaf community.
Photographs by Bruce Connew.
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Themes in Deaf Experience:
‘People of the eye’
Language history
Deaf school, hearing school: finding the Deaf world
Deaf people in hearing families
Deaf children of Deaf parents
Habitats for a language and culture
Aspirations and opportunities
Identity, diversity
The Stories:
Kathleen French
Patty Still
Daniel Beech and Beth Titter
Mel
Susan Hamilton
Cheryl Anton
Douglas Croskery
Lynne Smith
Perry Meets the Law
Paul Buzzard
Della Buzzard
Patrick Wikiriwhi Thompson (Te Wikiriwhi Pokaitara)
Alistair Appleby
Angela Sew Hoy
John
Sara Pivac
List of Terms
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