Deaf Gain

H-Dirksen L. Bauman is professor of ASL and deaf studies at Gallaudet University. He is the editor of Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking (Minnesota, 2008) and coeditor of Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature. He serves as executive editor of Deaf Studies Digital Journal and he wrote, codirected, and coproduced the documentary, Audism Unveiled.Joseph J. Murray received his PhD in history from the University of Iowa and is currently associate professor of ASL and deaf studies at Gallaudet University. Andrew Solomon is a National Book Award winner and an activist in LGBT rights, mental health, and the arts. He is the author of Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity.Tove Skutnabb-Kangas has written many works about topics including minority education, linguistic human rights, and the relationship between biodiversity and linguistic diversity.

• ContentsForeword: Deaf LossAndrew SolomonDeaf Gain: An IntroductionH-Dirksen L. Bauman and Joseph J. MurrayEditors’ Note on TerminologyI. Philosophical Gains     1. Armchairs and Stares: On the Privation of Deafness  Teresa Blankmeyer Burke2. Identifying the “Able” in a Vari-able World: Two LessonsJames Tabery3. The Case for Deaf Legal Theory through the Lens of Deaf GainAlison Bryan and Steve EmeryII. Language Gains4. Three Revolutions: Language, Culture, and BiologyLaura-Ann Petitto5. Deaf Gain in Evolutionary PerspectiveDavid Armstrong6. Deaf Gains in the Study of Bilingualism and Bilingual EducationOfelia GarcÍa and Debra Cole7. What We Learned from Sign Languages When We Stopped Having to Defend ThemCindee CaltonIII. Language Gains in Action8. Advantages of Learning a Signed LanguagePeter C. Hauser and Geo Kartheiser9. Baby Sign as Deaf GainKristin Snoddon10. Manual Signs and Gestures of the Inuit of Baffin Island: Observations during the Three Voyages Led by Martin FrobisherClara Sherley-Appel and John D. Bonvillian11. Bulwer’s Speaking Hands: Deafness and RhetoricJennifer NelsonIV. Sensory Gains12. Seeing the World through Deaf EyesMatthew Dye13. A Magic Touch: Deaf Gain and the Benefits of Tactile SensationDonna Jo Napoli14. Senses and Culture: Exploring Sensory OrientationsBenjamin Bahan15. The Deaf Gain of Wladislav Zeitlin, Jewish Scientist and InventorMark Zaurov16. The Hidden Gain: A New Lens of Research with d/Deaf Children and AdultsKatherine D. Rogers and Hilary SutherlandV. Social Gains17. Deaf Gain and Shared Signing CommunitiesAnnelies Kusters18. Gainful Employment: Historical Examples from Akron, OhioKati Morton19. Effective Deaf Action in the Deaf Community in UruguayElizabeth M. Lockwood20. Deaf Gains in Brazil: Linguistic Policies and Network EstablishmentRonice MÜller de Quadros, Karin Strobel, and Mara LÚcia Masutti21. Deaf Gain: Beyond Deaf CultureIrene W. Leigh, Donna A. Morere, and Caroline Kobek PezzarossiVI. Creative Gains22. DeafSpace: An Architecture toward a More Livable and Sustainable WorldHansel Bauman23. Co-Design from Divergent ThinkingAntti Raike, Suvi PylvÄnen, and PÄivi RainÒ24. The Hearing Line: How Literature Gains from Deaf PeopleChristopher Krentz25. Deaf Music: Embodying Language and RhythmSummer Loeffler26. Deaf Gain and Creativity in Signed LiteratureRachel Sutton-Spence27. Deaf Gain and the Creative Arts: Interviews with Deaf ArtistsJennifer Grinder WitteborgAfterword. Implications of Deaf Gain: Linguistic Human Rights for Deaf CitizensTove Skutnabb-KangasAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

I don’t have Deaf Gain, but I am one of the fortunate hearing people who has been able to witness it, so I know something of what I’m missing. I believe that I am made richer by the simple fact of having witnessed the merit present in what most people still presume to be a deficit. This book elucidates that argument elegantly.-Andrew Solomon, from the Foreword"Bauman and Murray. . . remind us that deafness is a part of, not apart from humanity."-Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education"The overwhelming approach is positive, optimistic, and even heroic. The concept of Deaf Gain turns on its head the usual idea that deafness should be defined through narratives of suffering and isolation. . . an excellent addition to the understanding of deafness and to the promotion of Deaf culture."-Medical Humanities