[Linganth] New Book: Deaf Empowerment

[Leila Monaghan]

Dear colleagues,



Donald Grushkin and I are very happy to announce the launch of our
ground-breaking new edited volume, *Deaf Empowerment. *

*Deaf Empowerment: Resistance and Decolonization *

*Deaf Empowerment* presents case studies of attempts at decolonization of
Deaf Peoples’ spaces and practices across a range of eras, nationalities,
ages and genders.   Included are chapters on international Deaf history,
Guatemala, the history of naming of Deaf people, and on communities in
South Dakota, the Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, and contemporary United
States.

This book’s ground-breaking studies tackle historical and modern
perspectives of the individual and collective ways in which Deaf/Sign
Language People (SLP) have attempted or achieved empowerment.  Rather than
taking a primarily American-centric focus as much of the work in Deaf
Studies often takes, the international and multigenerational nature of the
entries lends new insights into the lives of Deaf/SLP.  In contrast to the
majority of research on Deaf/SLP populations in which the focus is on
deficiencies and disempowerment, this volume takes an affirmative glimpse
into the varied ways in which Deaf/SLP take, or attempt to take, control of
their lives.  This book sets out to broaden the definition and discussion
of the role of empowerment in the lives of Deaf/SLP populations as they
seek to decolonize from old patterns of oppression.

Editor* Donald A. Grushkin *is a professor of Deaf Studies at California
State University Sacramento. He graduated from the University of Arizona
with a Ph.D. in Language, Reading and Culture. He lives in the East Bay
area of northern California with his wife, children and dogs.

Editor* Leila Monaghan *has a PhD in linguistic anthropology and MAs in
anthropology and education, and history. She currently teaches at Northern
Arizona University. She co-edited Many *Ways to be Deaf *and* Barriers and
Belonging*, among other volumes, and is the publisher of Elm Academic Press.

*Available at:*

*Paperback at Amazon $29.95
<https://www.amazon.com/Deaf-Empowerment-Decolonization-Donald-Grushkin-ebook/dp/B093G4WTF2/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Donald+grushkin&qid=1620417141&sr=8-2>*

*Kindle E-Book at Amazon $9.99
<https://www.amazon.com/Deaf-Empowerment-Decolonization-Donald-Grushkin-ebook/dp/B093G4WTF2/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Donald+grushkin&qid=1620417141&sr=8-2>*

*Paperback at Barnes and Noble $29.95
<https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deaf-empowerment-donald-a-grushkin/1139376248?ean=9781941614341>*

*Nook E-Book at Barnes and Noble $9.99
<https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deaf-empowerment-donald-a-grushkin/1139376248?ean=2940164892036>*

*E-Book at Smashwords $9.99 <https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1081447>*

*Search for Donald Grushkin*

*Review PDFs available from Leila.Monaghan at gmail.com
<Leila.Monaghan at gmail.com>*

-- 
Leila Monaghan, PhD
Publisher, Elm Books
Laramie, Wyoming
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