Chapter 2. The community
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Virginia Volterra
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the conditions that led to the foundation of the first schools for the deaf and to the emergence of the first Deaf Associations. The history of Deaf people in Italy has been characterized by various educational approaches in which sign language assumed a different role either alongside or in opposition to the education in spoken language. The characteristics of the Deaf community are described, as how the perception of Italian sign language has changed over time. Examples of cultural products expressing the identity of this community are provided, and more recent changes determined by the use of social media in daily life are described. Special attention is reserved to the unexpected resilience and reaction expressed in view of the health emergency of the Coronavirus pandemic by the Italian Deaf Community.
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the conditions that led to the foundation of the first schools for the deaf and to the emergence of the first Deaf Associations. The history of Deaf people in Italy has been characterized by various educational approaches in which sign language assumed a different role either alongside or in opposition to the education in spoken language. The characteristics of the Deaf community are described, as how the perception of Italian sign language has changed over time. Examples of cultural products expressing the identity of this community are provided, and more recent changes determined by the use of social media in daily life are described. Special attention is reserved to the unexpected resilience and reaction expressed in view of the health emergency of the Coronavirus pandemic by the Italian Deaf Community.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From spoken to signed languages back and forth, between cognition and semiotics 1
- Chapter 1. Historical steps towards a new description of sign languages 7
- Chapter 2. The community 35
- Chapter 3. The basic units of LIS 63
- Chapter 4. Constructing sentences 101
- Chapter 5. Variation and change in LIS 133
- Chapter 6. Sign languages and spoken languages 165
- References 191
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From spoken to signed languages back and forth, between cognition and semiotics 1
- Chapter 1. Historical steps towards a new description of sign languages 7
- Chapter 2. The community 35
- Chapter 3. The basic units of LIS 63
- Chapter 4. Constructing sentences 101
- Chapter 5. Variation and change in LIS 133
- Chapter 6. Sign languages and spoken languages 165
- References 191
- Index 217
