The Resource My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness, Lennard J. Davis
My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness, Lennard J. Davis
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- Summary
- "Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents." "Growing up in a crowded one-bedroom South Bronx tenement, Lennard felt himself "a hearing outsider" caught between two worlds. Davis recounts childhood loneliness and fear, adolescent frustration compounded by embarrassment at his parents' deafness, and intellectual aspirations that ran counter to their compliant stoicism. He vividly describes his father's devotion to race walking and to televised baseball games, a trip to England with his mother on the Queen Elizabeth, and his successful efforts to relocate his family to a better apartment. He also recounts his problematic relationship with his elder brother, whom he both idolized and feared, and his college years at Columbia University, where (to his parents' chagrin) he participated in the historic campus demonstrations of May 1968." "In a moving epilogue, Davis tells of his adult involvement with CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) and of coming to terms with a surprising realization. "Though I was hearing," he says, "deafness was in me.""--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- The grain of sounds
- Language and the word of my father
- The two mothers
- Brother's keeper
- Honeymoon with mom
- Schooling
- Adolescence
- College and other awakenings
- Isbn
- 9780252090943
- Label
- My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness
- Title
- My sense of silence
- Title remainder
- memoirs of a childhood with deafness
- Statement of responsibility
- Lennard J. Davis
- Subject
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- Biografie
- Biographies
- Case studies
- Children of deaf parents
- Children of deaf parents -- United States -- Biography
- Creative nonfiction, American
- Davis, Lennard J, 1949-
- Davis, Lennard J, 1949-
- Deaf -- Family relationships
- Deaf -- United States -- Family relationships -- Case studies
- Deaf parents
- Deaf parents -- United States -- Biography
- Gehörlosigkeit
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Psychosoziale Situation
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents." "Growing up in a crowded one-bedroom South Bronx tenement, Lennard felt himself "a hearing outsider" caught between two worlds. Davis recounts childhood loneliness and fear, adolescent frustration compounded by embarrassment at his parents' deafness, and intellectual aspirations that ran counter to their compliant stoicism. He vividly describes his father's devotion to race walking and to televised baseball games, a trip to England with his mother on the Queen Elizabeth, and his successful efforts to relocate his family to a better apartment. He also recounts his problematic relationship with his elder brother, whom he both idolized and feared, and his college years at Columbia University, where (to his parents' chagrin) he participated in the historic campus demonstrations of May 1968." "In a moving epilogue, Davis tells of his adult involvement with CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) and of coming to terms with a surprising realization. "Though I was hearing," he says, "deafness was in me.""--Jacket
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis, Lennard J.
- Dewey number
-
- 306.874/092
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ759.912
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Creative nonfiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Davis, Lennard J
- Children of deaf parents
- Deaf parents
- Deaf
- Davis, Lennard J
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Children of deaf parents
- Deaf
- Deaf parents
- United States
- Biografie
- Gehörlosigkeit
- Psychosoziale Situation
- Label
- My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness, Lennard J. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The grain of sounds -- Language and the word of my father -- The two mothers -- Brother's keeper -- Honeymoon with mom -- Schooling -- Adolescence -- College and other awakenings
- Control code
- 861792860
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780252090943
- Lccn
- 2019718385
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt2mxhzv
- e2104721-cfa2-4921-ba67-ca18bd69eadd
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861792860
- Label
- My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness, Lennard J. Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The grain of sounds -- Language and the word of my father -- The two mothers -- Brother's keeper -- Honeymoon with mom -- Schooling -- Adolescence -- College and other awakenings
- Control code
- 861792860
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780252090943
- Lccn
- 2019718385
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt2mxhzv
- e2104721-cfa2-4921-ba67-ca18bd69eadd
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861792860
Subject
- Biografie
- Biographies
- Case studies
- Children of deaf parents
- Children of deaf parents -- United States -- Biography
- Creative nonfiction, American
- Davis, Lennard J, 1949-
- Davis, Lennard J, 1949-
- Deaf -- Family relationships
- Deaf -- United States -- Family relationships -- Case studies
- Deaf parents
- Deaf parents -- United States -- Biography
- Gehörlosigkeit
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Psychosoziale Situation
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists
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