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Select Books and Articles for TISLR 15 Attendees

In celebration of the fifteenth meeting of the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research conference and the first to be held in Africa, Gallaudet University Press is making available for free a collection of books and articles for download.
Cover features a background with interspersed miniature human figures on top of interlocking grid lines and silhouettes of roadways. Each word in the book’s title is centered on its own line in a different color. From top to bottom: DEAF (in blue); MOBILITY (in yellow); STUDIES (in red). Under the title the centered subtitle in black: Exploring International Networks, Tourism, and Migration. Under the subtitle the centered author names in a mauve tone: ANNELIES KUSTERS; ERIN MORIARTY. Below that are centered author names in a mauve tone: AMANDINE LE MAIRE; SANCHAYEETA IYER; STEVEN EMERY.

Deaf Mobility Studies

Exploring International Networks, Tourism, and Migration

Annelies Kusters, Erin Moriarty, Amandine le Maire, Sanchayeeta Iyer, and Steven Emery

Deaf Space in Adamorobe

An Ethnographic Study of a Village in Ghana

Annelies Kusters

The Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language

A Study of Language Use and Attitudes

Eyasu Hailu Tamene

Understanding International Sign

A Sociolinguistic Study

Lori Whynot
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Featured Works

Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons

Alone in the Mainstream

Looking Back on Public School as a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child

Gina A. Oliva
Cover features a background with interspersed miniature human figures on top of interlocking grid lines and silhouettes of roadways. Each word in the book’s title is centered on its own line in a different color. From top to bottom: DEAF (in blue); MOBILITY (in yellow); STUDIES (in red). Under the title the centered subtitle in black: Exploring International Networks, Tourism, and Migration. Under the subtitle the centered author names in a mauve tone: ANNELIES KUSTERS; ERIN MORIARTY. Below that are centered author names in a mauve tone: AMANDINE LE MAIRE; SANCHAYEETA IYER; STEVEN EMERY.

Deaf Mobility Studies

Exploring International Networks, Tourism, and Migration

Annelies Kusters, Erin Moriarty, Amandine le Maire, Sanchayeeta Iyer, and Steven Emery

58-IN-MIND

Multilingual Teaching Strategies for Diverse Deaf Students

Debbie Golos, Marlon Kuntze, Kimberly Wolbers, and Chris Kurz, Editors
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Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies

Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces

William B. Swett

A Mighty Change

An Anthology of Deaf American Writing, 1816-1864

Christopher Krentz, Editor

Mickey's Harvest

A Novel of a Deaf Boy's Checkered Life

Howard L. Terry

Silent Life and Silent Language

The Inner Life of a Mute in an Institution for the Deaf

Kate M. Farlow
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Excerpts

58-IN-MIND

Multilingual Teaching Strategies for Diverse Deaf Students

Debbie Golos, Marlon Kuntze, Kimberly Wolbers, and Chris Kurz, Editors

The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL

Its History and Structure

Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Joseph Hill

Alone in the Mainstream

Looking Back on Public School as a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child

Gina A. Oliva

Turning the Tide

Making Life Better for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Schoolchildren

Gina A. Oliva, Linda Risser Lytle
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