Deaf Culture Final

Front 1

What is the difference between Deaf Literature (Lit) and ASL Lit? 


Back 1

Deaf Lit. can be told in ASL and English, but ASL Lit. can only be told in ASL.

Front 2

What is the longest continuous running educational professional journal of any kind in 
America since 1847?

Back 2

The American Annals of the Deaf


Front 3

Identify five genres that is shown in Deaf literature in English. Give at least two 
examples for each. 


Back 3

-Periodicals (Deaf American, Deaf Life)

-Books (A Mighty Change, An Anthology of Deaf American Writing, Train Go Sorry)

-Autobiographies (Hellen Keller, Marlee Matin)

-Special Interest Books (GU volleyball champs, Black Deaf ASL)

-Poetry (letter from Deaf student, The Silent Muse)

Front 4

Identify three genres in ASL Lit and give at least two examples for each. 


Back 4

-Storytelling (meeting 1st Deaf friend, Deaf school for first time)

-ASL poetry/songs (Terribly Misunderstood, A Sweetheart in the Making)

-ASL poetry/Sign play (Bison song, Eye Music)

Front 5

Identify three storytelling themes used in ASL Lit. Give at least two examples each. 


Back 5

-Journey of becoming a Deaf individual (meeting Deaf adult who signs for the first time, Deaf school 1st time)

-When Deaf people “ZAP” a hearing person (bar joke)

-Importance of Signing in certain situations (underwater, see friend from out the window)

Front 6

Whom and what organization made attempts to preserve the use of ASL in the early 20th century using film? 


Back 6

National Association of the Deaf

President George Veditz

Front 7

Identify the four categories of Deaf Humor.

Back 7

-Deaf Experience humor

-Deaf culture humor

-ASL humor

-Visual Humor


Front 8

What are three factors that contribute Deaf people to create visual art works as proposed by Durr (1999) and Lane (2004) ?

Back 8

-isolation factor

-biological factor

-Deaf essence

Front 9

What is De’VIA art? What is the difference between Deaf artist and De’VIA? 


Back 9

Deaf Visual Image Art: art focusing on Deaf experience

Front 10

Explain the two categories of De’VIA art. Give at least two examples for each.

Back 10

-affirmative art (Chuck Berd and Betty Miller)

-resistance art (Ann Silver: CI with slash through it, art showing speaking is the wrong way)


Front 11

Identify some works in the performing arts by Deaf people. What was the name of the first professional theater of the Deaf in 1967? 


Back 11

-Children of a Lesser God, Switched at Birth

-National Theatre for the Deaf created by Bernard Bragg

Front 12

In what ways is music portrayed in the Deaf community? 


Back 12

drums, bass, signing, dancing

Front 13

Identify at least seven historical and pragmatically based behaviors or customs that is shown in the Deaf community.

Back 13

-Leave-taking

-Persistence in contact

-information sharing

-letting others know your destination

-reporting back

-detailed information

-name signs


Front 14

Identify three categories of social behavior.

Back 14

-Explicit

-Tacit

-Emblematic

Front 15

Explicit

Back 15

clearly stated (laws)

Front 16

Tacit

Back 16

not as formally stated, but still expected (greeting someone)

Front 17

Emblematic

Back 17

bluntness, openness, desirability of Deaf children

Front 18

Identify and give examples of 7 solutions for effective living in the Deaf community. 


Back 18

-Social Activities

-Athletic Events

-Spiritual/Religious groups

-Large gathering

-political functions

-self-help

-special interest groups

Front 19

Give some examples of mecca/utopia communities in the Deaf culture.

Back 19

Austin TX, Fredrick Maryland, Washington DC, New York, NY


Front 20

Ableism

Back 20

oppression resulting from disability

Front 21

Audism

Back 21

feeling superior because of ability to hear

Front 22

Linguisticism

Back 22

feel superior because use of one language over another

Front 23

Give examples that Deaf people try to disassociate themselves from the disabled community. 


Back 23

-Marlee Matlin

-King Jordan

Front 24

What is Deafhood? 


Back 24

Sense of ID, accepting of ASL as a language

Front 25

Identify and explain some legal protection laws that can help Deaf people. 


Back 25

-ADA

-IDEA

Front 26

Discuss issues and views of the Deaf community on Cochlear Implants on young Deaf children.

Back 26

Most Deaf community members are hesitant, more accepting of choice made when older. 


Front 27

Identify 5 universal solutions of the Deaf experience.


Back 27

1. Belonging to translocal and transnational communities

2. creating opportunities for congregation

3. participating in straight talk

4. adopting a can-do attitude

5. preserving the right to use a signed language

Front 28

What are two general barriers to preventing a positive identity as a Deaf person?

Back 28

1. Normalizing the Deaf child

2. opportunities for identity formation

Front 29

What are six solutions that are unique to the United States Deaf community?


Back 29

1. Civil Rights Laws

2. Interpreters

3. Educational Opportunities

4. Highly skilled, educated Deaf people

5. Deaf academic leaders

6. ASL classes

Front 30

Identify 3 possible scenarios that could affect the future of the Deaf community.

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1. Thriving Deaf community

2. Vanishing Deaf community

3. growing multi-handicapped community

Front 31

eugenics

Back 31

discouraging individuals with genetic defects from reproducing

Front 32

5 universal cultural traits of transnational Deaf community as mentioned by Haualand (2008)

Back 32

1. dual relationship with their families and the Deaf community 2. need to congregate with like-minded people3. struggle to achieve independence and to overcome misunderstanding and oppression by their own parents and the society at large4. determination to make a living in spite of oppression 5. magnetic attraction to socialize with other Deaf individuals

Front 33

Diverse Deaf people: HoH

Back 33

make up a significant component of the Deaf community -identify themselves primarily by their ability to hear and speak-usually sign fluently and play down the fact that they can speak and hear in observance of the cultural values that Deaf people assign to speech

Front 34

Diverse Deaf people: Mainstream

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members of the Deaf community don't feel connected to deaf schools since they do not live close enough to go to a Deaf school-people join the Deaf community at different times of their lives because they were mainstreamed

Front 35

Diverse Deaf people: Grassroots Deaf "non-elites"

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-"average" Deaf people; make up the majority of the Deaf community - people who did not continue their education beyond high school

Front 36

Diverse Deaf people: Elite Deaf

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- a growing up of Deaf professional middle-class individuals -many people have managed to achieve high levels of academic successes and pursue higher education aspirations

Front 37

Diverse Deaf people: Regional differences

Back 37

Regional differences between Deaf people depending where they are from in the USA. ex. Deaf Baptists in the Deep Southex. Deaf Jews in large metropolitan areas in the Northeast

Front 38

5 Hallmarks of a culture

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1. language2. heritage3. customs4. arts5. family "cultural players"

Front 39

7 categories of "otherness" (the -isms)

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1. racism- race or ethnicity2. sexism- gender3. anti-semitism- religion4. heterosexism- sex orientation5. classism- socioeconomic status 6. ageism- age 7. ableism- physical or mental ability

Front 40

7 Categories of Deaf Identities

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1. balanced bicultural 2. Deaf dominant bicultural3. hearing dominant bicultural4. culturally seperated 5. culturally marginal 6. culturally isolated 7. culturally captive

Front 41

Identify 4 basic human core values that is shared in the Deaf community.


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1. Full access to communication 2. Information sharing 3. healthy identify formation4. self-determination

Front 42

4 avenues to membership in the Deaf community

Back 42

1. Audiological2. political3. social4. linguistic

Front 43

perspectives on Diversity

Back 43

1. Deaf community is especially accepting to differences-the Deaf community is tolerant and supportive of various life styles and backgrounds that exist among Deaf individuals

2. Deaf people are more conservative regarding diversity

Front 44

What common universality Deaf people share? 


Back 44

Living as visual people in a primarily auditorial world

Front 45

Deaf Culture art

Back 45

Includes specific details that carry special meanings only to those who are involved in the Deaf community

Front 46

General art

Back 46

pieces by Deaf artist that do not contain any reference to the Deaf community or Deaf culture.

Front 47

2 full featured films performed in ASL.

Back 47

1.Children of a Lesser God2. Wrong Game

Front 48

4 disabling effects of being Deaf in a predominately hearing world

Back 48

1. Deaf schools are "breeding grounds" for Deaf Culture2. Deaf children are denied access to Deaf role models3. Opportunities are limited due to lack of educational and employment opportunities 4. Discrimination against Deaf people are widespread