Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons
Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons
foreword by Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn
Gallaudet University Press, 2024
ISBNs
Cloth: 978-1-954622-44-9
eISBN: 978-1-954622-46-3
About the Book
Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons is a collection of papers from a 1990 conference that brought together an audience of mostly Black Deaf and hearing people to address three themes: leadership and advocacy, the dynamics and dilemmas of being multiply marginalized, and issues related to language and community. Scholars, students, and community members will find this volume invaluable for understanding the origins and evolution of Black Deaf Studies. Lindsay Dunn, co-chair of the original conference, contributes a new foreword, offering contemporary insights and reflections.
This is the inaugural volume in the Early Papers in Deaf Studies series, which will consist of reissued works originally published by the Gallaudet University College for Continuing Education but long out of print. The aim of this series is to restore these foundational papers to the scholarly community. Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons is available in both print and open digital formats, ensuring broad access to this important contribution to the literature.
This is the inaugural volume in the Early Papers in Deaf Studies series, which will consist of reissued works originally published by the Gallaudet University College for Continuing Education but long out of print. The aim of this series is to restore these foundational papers to the scholarly community. Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons is available in both print and open digital formats, ensuring broad access to this important contribution to the literature.
Reviews
— Joseph C. Hill, Professor of Deaf Studies and Linguistics at Gallaudet University and co-author of "The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL"
"This re-issue of Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons, originally printed in 1992, paints the 1990s as the defining period for Black Deaf people to assume their socio-political power to expose and address inequitable issues, embrace their intersectional identity, mark their sociolinguistic presence, and increase the representation of Black Deaf professionals. It marks the end point of the twenty-year trajectory from the 1970s — following the end of racial segregation — that allowed Black Deaf people to establish their own narrative that runs against the dominant white-washing narrative in the U.S."
Tags
Early Papers in Deaf Studies, Empowerment, Disability, Congresses, African Americans, African American & Black Studies, Language Arts & Disciplines, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Social Science
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