Deaf identities in the making

by Breivik, Jan-Kåre

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Title Statements

Full title :Deaf identities in the making / Jan-Kåre Breivik.

Summary

"In this volume, Jan-Kare Breivik profiles ten Norwegian Deaf people and their life stories within a translocal/transnational framework. Breivik notes that, unlike hearing people, who form their identities from familial roots and local senses of place, deaf individuals often find themselves distanced from their own families and akin to other deaf people in far locations. His study records emerging deaf identities, which he observes are always in the making, and if settled, only temporarily so. To capture the identification processes involved, he relies upon a narrative perspective to trace identity as temporarily produced through autobiographical accounts or capsule life stories. As a result, he has produced in-depth accounts of how core questions of identity are approached from different deaf points of view."--BOOK JACKET.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Gallaudet University Press
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 220 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1563682761, 9781563682766
oclc:on1012068420
LC Classification:HV2380
Dewey Decimal:305.9/082

Being, becoming, and longing -- Liminality -- The homeless mind, belonging and limbo -- Local lives, transnational connections -- Way up: on deaf ethnification -- Individual dilemmas and collective obstacles.

Subjects

Biographies collective biographies Deaf Deaf -- Biography Deaf -- Psychology Deaf -- Social conditions Handicap -- Aspect sociologique Identité (Psychologie) Identity (Psychology) Personnes sourdes -- Biographies Personnes sourdes -- Conditions sociales Personnes sourdes -- Psychologie Sociology of disability