Seeing Voices (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books ed)

"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought--. Sacks [is] one of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture.  In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect--a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work."

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	November 2000
Authors:	Oliver Sacks
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
Edition:	1st Vintage Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-70407-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of those with special educational needs > Teaching of physically disabled persons Promotions
LSN:	0-375-70407-8
Barcode:	9780375704079

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