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Belonging: An Autoethnography of a Life in Sign Language

Belonging: An Autoethnography of a Life in Sign Language

Paperback

General EducationSpecial EducationTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 3034319002
ISBN13: 9783034319003
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Jun 30 2017
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book weaves intensely personal and evocative stories into a layered autoethnographic text about the author's experience of childhood deafness, sign language and education. Interwoven with the performative narrative are powerful stories of stigma, trauma, friendships, relationships, love, isolation and displacement. Using interpretative and reflective analysis, the author explores the storied experience of self and belonging in family and school contexts, providing both personal and theoretical perspectives on language and culture. He traces the pathways he has taken in pursuit of a true sense of belonging in society, community and place.

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