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Mother Father Deaf

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Mother Father Deaf Synopsis

“Mother father deaf” is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two cultures, the Hearing and the Deaf, forever balancing the worlds of sound and silence. Paul Preston, one of these children, takes us to the place where Deaf and Hearing cultures meet, where families like his own embody the conflicts and resolutions of two often opposing world views. Based on 150 interviews with adult hearing children of deaf parents throughout the United States, Mother Father Deaf examines the process of assimilation and cultural affiliation among a population whose lives incorporate the paradox of being culturally “Deaf” yet functionally hearing. It is rich in anecdote and analysis, remarkable for its insights into a family life normally closed to outsiders.

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ISBN: 9780674587489
Publication date: 21st July 1998
Author: Paul M. Preston
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 288 pages
Genres: Disability: social aspects
Sociology: family and relationships
Biography: general