02744cam a2200277Ia 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350023000640400046000870200022001330200025001550350020001800430012002002450083002122500017002952600067003123000026003795040051004055050494004565050767009505050607017176500044023246500042023686500037024107000019024475036320230411090002.0990204s1998    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a(OCoLC)ocm40733459  aSNMcSNMdOCLCQdNGWdOCLCQdBAKERdYDXCP  a0521645654 (pbk.)  a9780521645652 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)40733459  an-us---00aCultural and language diversity and the deaf experienceceditor, Ila Parasnis.  a1st pbk. ed.  aCambridge ;aNew York, NY :bCambridge University Press,c2007  axiv, 306 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.00gPart I. Bilingualism-biculturalism and the deaf experience: an overview.tOn interpreting the deaf experience within the context of cultural and language diversity /rIla Parasnis --tLiving with two languages and two cultures /rFrancois Grosjean --tPerspectives from the history and the politics of bilingualism and bilingual education in the United States /rKenji Hakuta, Elizabeth Feldman Mostafapour --tCognitive and language development of bilingual children /rJosiane F. Hamers.00gPart II. Psychosocial, cognitive, and language experiences of deaf people.tFrom the cultural to the bicultural: the modern deaf community /rCarol A. Padden --tEarly bilingual lives of deaf children /rCarol A. Padden --tCommunication experiences of deaf people: an ethnographic account /rSusan B. Foster --tMarginality, biculturalism, and social identity of deaf people /rR. Greg Emerton --tAttitudes of the deaf community toward political activism /rGerald C. Bateman --tCultural and language diversity in the curriculum: toward reflective practice /rBonnie Meath-Lang --tMinority empowerment and the education of deaf people /rJoan B. Stone --tSocial assimilation of deaf high school students: the role of school environment /rThomas K. Holcomb.00gPart III. The Deaf experience: personal reflections.tGrowing up deaf in deaf families: two different experiences /rSusan C. Searls, David R. Johnston --tAnother new birth: reflections of a deaf native signer /rPatrick A. Graybill --tRaising deaf children in hearing society: struggles and challenges for deaf native ASL signers /rGary E. Mowl --tIn search of self: experiences of a postlingually deaf African-American /rDianne K. Brooks --tLiving in a bilingual-bicultural family /rLynn Finton --tOn being both hearing and deaf: my bilingual-bicultural experience /rPatricia Mudgett-DeCaro. 0aDeafzUnited StatesxSocial conditions. 0aLinguistic minoritieszUnited States. 0aMulticulturalismzUnited States.1 aParasnis, Ila.