Volume 11, Issue 1/2. 1980

Themes:

stereotypes; deafness; sexism; ageism; handicapism; activism; whitewashing; consciousness-raising

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Janet Acevedo, Glenn Anderson, Pedro Acevedo, Mary Beth Miller, Trenton Batson, Albert V. Schwartz, Alan R. Barwiolek, Joe Guss, J. Charlie McKinney, Dominick Morrero, Martin Sternberg, Guy Wonder, Anne G. Toensmeier, Sonia Nieto, Lyla Hoffman, Beryle Banfield, Eugene Rave, Beryl C. Gillespie, Leonore Gordon, The Multicultural Project

Materials Reviewed:

The Lilith Summer by Hadley Irwin. Amazon / WorldCat
A Different Ball Game by Osmond Molarsky. Amazon / WorldCat
Girls Are Girls, and Boys Are Boys: So What's the Difference? by Sol Gordon. Amazon / WorldCat
Black Foremothers: Three Lives by Dorothy Sterling. Amazon / WorldCat
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales by Rosebud Yellow Robe. Amazon / WorldCat
When Megan Went Away by Jane Severance. Amazon / WorldCat
I Am the Running Girl by Arnold Adoff. Amazon / WorldCat
El Circo Magico Modelo/ Finding the Magic Circus by Macduff Everton. Amazon / WorldCat
The Best Time of Day by Valerie Flournoy. Amazon / WorldCat
The Lucky Stone by Lucille Clifton. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

American Sign Language: A Look at Its History, Structure and Community by C. Baker and C. Padden
On the Other Hand: New Perspectives on A.S.L. by L. Friedman
Signs of Sexual Behavior by James Woodward
Sign Language for Everyone by J. Huffman et al.
Talk With Your Hands, Vol I and II by David O. Watson
Sign Language Made Simple by E. Lawrence
Joy of Signing by L. Riekehof
Sign Language for Everyone by Cathy Rice
A Basic Vocabulary - American Sign Language for Parents and Children by T. J. O'Rourke
Say it With Hands by L. Fant
Sign Language by L. Fant
American Sign Language: Lexical and Grammatical Notes with Translation Exercises by H. Hoemann
Conversational Sign Language II by W. Madsen
A Basic Course in Manual Communication by T. J. O'Rourke
Talk to the Deaf by L. Riekehof
Readings for Sign Instructors Guidance Network Certification
On the Other Hand by L. Friedman
Signs of Language by B. Klima and U. Bellugi
A-S-L - Fact and Fancy by H. Markowitz
Understanding Language Through Sign Language Research by P. A. Siple
Handtalk: An ABC of Finger Spelling & Sign Language by Mary Beth Miller
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Silent Witness by Susan Yankowitz
Words for a Deaf Daughter by Paul West
The Gypsy's Curse by Harry Crew
In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg
Notes from a Different Drummer: A Guide to Juvenile Fiction Portraying the Handicapped by Barbara Baskin and Karen Harris
A Button in Her Ear by Ada B. Litchfield
I Hear the Day by Catherine D. Johnston
Lisa and Her Soundless World by Edna S. Levine
My Sister's Silent World by Catherine Arthur
Anna's Silent World by Bernard Wolf
Clair and Emma by Diana Peter
I Have a Sister - My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
The Mystery of the Boy Next Door by Elizabeth Montgomery Rider
The Boy Who Couldn't Hear by Freddy Bloom
The Girl Who Wouldn't Talk by Cheryl Goldfeder and Jim Goldfeder
Robin Sees a Song by Cheryl Pahz and Jim Pahz
Down in the Boondocks by Wilson Gage
Jamie's Tiger by Jan Wahl
Children of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
The Helen Keller Story by Catherine Owens Peare
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Marcy by Helen Elmira Waite
I'm Deaf Too by Frank Bowe and Martin Sternberg
A Single Light by Maia Wojciechowska
Journey From Peppermint Street by Meindert de Jong
Is That You, Miss Blue? by M.S. Kerr
David in Silence by Veronica Robinson
The Nothing Place by Eleanor Spence
A Dance to Still Music by Barbara Corcoran
A Horse Called Mystery by Marjorie Reynolds
The Swing by Emily Hanlon
Friend Monkey by P. L. Travers
The Signed English Dictionary For Preschool and Elementary Levels by H. Bornstein et al.
Community in Signs by Frank Caccamise and Carolyn Norris
Home in Signs by Frank Caccamise and Carolyn Norris
Animals in Signs by Frank Caccamise and Carolyn Norris

Keywords:

stereotypes, American Sign Language (ASL), deaf, deafness, terminology, numerical analysis, evaluation, LaGuardia Community College, racism, sexism, ageism, handicapism, Abbe de l'Epee, French Sign Language, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Eurocentrism, gay, Cuba, Spanish, discrimination, personal accounts, Gallaudet College, Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD), Helen Keller, English, protest, telecommunications (TTY) machine, Oralism, activism, reviews, Jim Bourg, book lists, bibliographies, Daniel Nascimento, New Your Public Library, evaluation criteria, Gallaudet College Press, whitewashing, consciousness-raising, New Directions for Women, Public Affairs Committee, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Media Action Research Center, Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER), Charlemae Hill Rollins Colloquium, Project PUSH/RAP, Tallahassee Science for the People, Celebrating Women Productions, National Association for the Education of Young Children