The Social Condition of Deaf People

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2022

The Social Condition of Deaf People

The Story of a Woman and a Hearing Society

Edited by: Sara Trovato and Anna Folchi

Volume 16 in the series Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110763140

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About this book

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.

Author information

Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris, France.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
A duet as an introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
1a Hearing people. A larger sphere and a smaller sphere Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1b Hearing people. Power issues in Michel Foucault’s framework, and a society to share Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2a My origins Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2b Good reasons for the right to sign languages Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3a A beautiful childhood Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3b Deaf education results in ten European countries: Equitability, accessibility, and accountability of educational systems Sara Trovato and Cinzia Meraviglia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4a An inadequate education at school, an effective education at home Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4b Building written production in Deaf students. The “Free text writing” workshop in an excellent Italian bilingual school Silvia Ceria and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
5a Great history from my perspective: Student protests following 1968 Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
5b Speaking for oneself: Language and power in the Italian deaf community Luca Des Dorides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6a First jobs Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6b Deaf people from school to labor in ten European countries Cinzia Meraviglia and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7a Deaf awareness Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
7b Deaf President then. Political pluralism in the unification of Deaf associations in liberated Italy Emiliano Mereghetti, Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
8a Theatrical activity. Joseph Castronovo’s story Sara Trovato and Graziella Anselmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
8b A genial man in the wrong institutional environment. Deaf empowerment in Italian and French theatre experiences Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
9a A citizen of the world Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
9b Theories about deafness: Disability, culture, identity Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
10a Engaging for my community Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
10b Hypothesis on policy evaluation and school legislation: The effects of access to education, mainstreaming and instructional bilingualism Sara Trovato and Cinzia Meraviglia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
11a Research work Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
11b How society at large can become inclusive, sector after sector: Ethical choices in research as confronted to deafness and Deaf persons in Italy Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
12a Edgardo Carli, Deaf partisan. A conference of Anna’s Anna Folchi and Fulvia Carli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
12b Academic matters. The Deaf perspective: Difficulties and proposed solutions Mirko Santoro and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
13a Being a Deaf woman Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
13b Deaf women, deaf men, hearing women, hearing men Cinzia Meraviglia and Sara Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Anna’s acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Deaf readers, Sociologists, Deaf Studies, policy makers, social workers, teachers, school administrators in Special Education
Pages
- Front matter: 24
- Main content: 441
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 63
- Tables: 11
Keywords: Deaf Studies; Deaf Education; Bilingualism and Special Education; Social Policy; Edudation Policy; Social Innovation

eBook

Published: May 9, 2022
ISBN: 9783110763140

Hardcover

Published: May 23, 2022
ISBN: 9783110762839