The Social Condition of Deaf People : : The Story of a Woman and a Hearing Society / / ed. by Sara Trovato, Anna Folchi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Anselmo, Graziella,; Carli, Fulvia,; Ceria, Silvia,; Des Dorides, Luca,; Folchi, Anna,; Meraviglia, Cinzia,; Mereghetti, Emiliano,; Santoro, Mirko,; Trovato, Sara,
• HerausgeberIn: Folchi, Anna,; Trovato, Sara,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] , 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXIV, 441 p.)

This book is about the social condition of Deaf people, told through a Deaf woman’s autobiography and a series of essays investigating how hearing societies relate to Deaf people.Michel Foucault described the powerful one as the beholder who is not seen. This is why a Deaf woman’s perspective is important: Minorities that we don’t even suspect we have power over observe us in turn. Majorities exert power over minorities by influencing the environment and institutions that simplify or hinder lives: language, mindsets, representations, norms, the use of professional power.Based on data collected by Eurostat, this volume provides the first discussion of statistics on the condition of Deaf people in a series of European countries, concerning education, labor, gender. This creates a new opportunity to discuss inequalities on the basis of data. The case studies in this volume reconstruct untold moments of great advancement in Deaf history, successful didactics supporting bilingualism, the reasons why Deaf empowerment for and by Deaf people does and does not succeed. A work of empowerment is effective if it acts on a double level: the community to be empowered and society at large, resulting in a transformation of society as a whole. This book provides instruments to work towards such a transformation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A duet as an introduction -- 1a Hearing people. A larger sphere and a smaller sphere -- 1b Hearing people. Power issues in Michel Foucault’s framework, and a society to share -- 2a My origins -- 2b Good reasons for the right to sign languages -- 3a A beautiful childhood -- 3b Deaf education results in ten European countries: Equitability, accessibility, and accountability of educational systems -- 4a An inadequate education at school, an effective education at home -- 4b Building written production in Deaf students. The “Free text writing” workshop in an excellent Italian bilingual school -- 5a Great history from my perspective: Student protests following 1968 -- 5b Speaking for oneself: Language and power in the Italian deaf community -- 6a First jobs -- 6b Deaf people from school to labor in ten European countries -- 7a Deaf awareness -- 7b Deaf President then. Political pluralism in the unification of Deaf associations in liberated Italy -- 8a Theatrical activity. Joseph Castronovo’s story -- 8b A genial man in the wrong institutional environment. Deaf empowerment in Italian and French theatre experiences -- 9a A citizen of the world -- 9b Theories about deafness: Disability, culture, identity -- 10a Engaging for my community -- 10b Hypothesis on policy evaluation and school legislation: The effects of access to education, mainstreaming and instructional bilingualism -- 11a Research work -- 11b How society at large can become inclusive, sector after sector: Ethical choices in research as confronted to deafness and Deaf persons in Italy -- 12a Edgardo Carli, Deaf partisan. A conference of Anna’s -- 12b Academic matters. The Deaf perspective: Difficulties and proposed solutions -- 13a Being a Deaf woman -- 13b Deaf women, deaf men, hearing women, hearing men -- Anna’s acknowledgments -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index