Many ways to be deaf :  international variation in deaf communities / 
Leila Monaghan [and others], editors. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Gallaudet University Press,  2003. 
 - xi, 326 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  A world's eye view : deaf cultures in global perspective /  British manual alphabets in the education of deaf people since the 17th century /  Austria's hidden conflict : hearing culture versus deaf culture /  Pedagogical issues in Swedish deaf education /  Romance and reality : sociolinguistic similarities and differences between Swiss German sign language and Rhaeto-Romansh /  Leila Monaghan --  Rachel Sutton-Spence --  Franz Dotter  Ingeborg Okorn --  Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta  Lars-�Ake Domfors --  Penny Boyes Braem,  Benno Caramore,  Roland Hermann,  Patricia Shores Hermann.  1.  2.  3.  and  4.  and  5.  and  The dilemma of the hard of hearing within the U.S. Deaf community /  Sociolinguistic dynamics in American deaf communities : peer groups versus families /  School language and shifts in Irish deaf identity /  Surdos venceremos : the rise of the Brazilian Deaf community /  South African sign language : changing policies and practice /  U-turns, deaf shock, and the hard of hearing : Japanese deaf identities at the borderlands /  Donald A. Grushkin --  Ceil Lucas  Susan Schatz --  Barbara LeMaster --  Norine Berenz --  Debra Aarons  Louise Reynolds --  Karen Nakamura.  6.  7.  and  8.  9.  10.  and  11.  The Chiying School of Taiwan : a foreigner's perspective /  The changing world of the Russian deaf community /  New ways to be deaf in Nicaragua : changes in language, personhood, and community /  Sign languages and deaf identities in Thailand and Viet Nam /  A for apple : the impact of Western education and ASL on the Deaf community in Kano State, Northern Nigeria /  Contributors --  Index.  Jean Ann --  Michael Pursglove  Anna Komarova --  Richard J. Senghas --  James Woodward --  Constanze Schmaling --  12.  13.  and  14.  15.  16. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1563681358 9781563681356 9781563685781 1563685787 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002192872 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB399814  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016530586  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deaf people--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Sign language--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Identity (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Social adjustment--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Intercultural communication.<br/>Culture conflict.<br/>Culture conflict.<br/>Deaf.<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Intercultural communication.<br/>Sign language.<br/>Social adjustment.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 2395  / .M36 2003