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Title Statement | Seeing voices: a journey into the world of the deaf / Oliver Sacks. |
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Author | Sacks, Oliver W |
Publication | London: Picador, 2012. |
Edition | [New ed.]. |
Extent of Item | xvi, 222 pages |
ISBN | 9780330523646 0330523643 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index. |
Summary | 'Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language' Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar -- for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount. In this remarkable book, Oliver Sacks explores the consequences of this, including the different ways in which the deaf and the hearing learn to categorize their respective worlds -- and how they convey and communicate those experiences to others. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Deaf--History |
American Sign Language | |
Deaf--Means of communication |