Resources for Deaf Culture

Created by Kathleen Christy,
 Reference Librarian

Subject Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Reference

Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness Reference 362.4203 G165 
The article by Yerker Andersson, "Culture and subculture", Volume 1, pages 261-264, gives a definition of culture and how it applies to the concept of Deaf culture. Use the index in Volume 3 to find related articles under the following headings: Deaf community; Deaf population; Education; Folklore; and History.

On the Edge of Deaf Culture: Hearing Children/Deaf parents: Annotated Bibliography
 Reference 016.3624 B935o 1998

 Other Sources of Relevant Information

InfoTrac Web Subject search on "Deafness AND Culture".
Lexis-Nexis. Search on both Newspapers and Magazines and Journals.
JSTOR
PubMed
ERIC
The Influence of the Deaf Community and the Deaf Culture on "Mixed" Marriages Senior Thesis Room MS Wheeler 1982
Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America Oversize 371.912 G198d 1981 This book is about American Deaf culture as a whole. Suggestions for starting places are: Information about schools in Chapter 1, pages 1-58; examples of humor and folklore in Chapter 8, pages 203-210; general history and important concerns in Chapter 12, pages 255-270.
Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings
Deaf

Video

ASL Pah! : Deaf Student's Perspectives on Their Language Video Shelf : 419 A8355 1992
Cochlear Implants: The Deaf Community's View Video Shelf 612.858 C6622 [1994?]
Deaf-blind: Communication and Community Video Shelf 371.911 S662d 1992 v.1 & 2

 WWW Resources

The Deaf Resource Library Provides links http://www.deaflibrary.org
National Association of the Deaf http://www.nad.org
Deaf World Web http://dww.deafworldweb.org/ Search under “D” for Deaf Culture.
Gallaudet University http://www.gallaudet.edu/

With thanks to the Gallaudet University Library

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Last Update: June 7, 2000