Henry Kisor lost his hearing at age three to meningitis and
encephalitis but went on to excel in the most verbal of professions
as a literary journalist. This new and expanded edition of Kisor's
engrossing memoir recounts his life as a deaf person in a hearing
world and addresses heartening changes over the last two decades
due to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and advancements
in cochlear implants and modes of communication. Kisor tells
of his parents' drive to raise him as a member of the hearing and
speaking world by teaching him effective lip-reading skills at a
young age and encouraging him to communicate with his hearing
peers. With humor and much candor, he narrates his time as the only
deaf student at Trinity College in Connecticut and then as a
graduate student at Northwestern University, as well as his
successful career as the book review editor at the Chicago
Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. Life without hearing, Kisor
says, has been fine and fulfilling. Widely praised in popular
media and academic journals when it was first published in 1990,
What's That Pig Outdoors? opened new conversations about the deaf.
Bringing those conversations into the twenty-first century, Kisor
updates the continuing disagreements between those who advocate
sign language and those who practice speech and lip-reading,
discusses the increased acceptance of deaf people's abilities and
idiosyncrasies, and considers technological advancements such as
blogging, instant messaging, and hand-held mobile devices that have
enabled deaf people to communicate with the hearing world on its
own terms.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Illinois Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2010 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Authors: |
Henry Kisor
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-252-07739-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Health, Home & Family >
Family & health >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-252-07739-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780252077395 |
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