Proud to be Deaf
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Proud to be Deaf

Saintliness in the Catholic Deaf community in South Africa from 1874-1994

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Proud to be Deaf

Saintliness in the Catholic Deaf community in South Africa from 1874-1994

About this book

This thought-provoking book details the history of Catholic ministry to the Deaf community in South Africa over 120 years. This history provides a backdrop to Deaf people's emerging understanding of themselves as a people embued with dignity and having their own language and culture.

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Information

Publisher
UJ Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780906785546
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Inclusive Education

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Foreword
  4. Part I
  5. Introductory Chapters
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Deaf Culture and Saintliness: Countering Audism and Phonocentrism
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Reading from Infinity: Proximity, Discourse and Deaf People as Teacher
  10. Chapter 3
  11. Epistemological, Methodological and Ethical Considerations
  12. Chapter 4
  13. A Historical Survey of Catholic Ministry to the Deaf community
  14. Part II
  15. A History of Deaf Education in Catholic Schools for the Deaf in South Africa, 1874–1994
  16. Chapter 5
  17. Pioneering Beginnings: Establishing Schools for the Deaf, 1874–1920
  18. Chapter 6
  19. Acting in Good Conscience: The Triumph of the Oral Method of Deaf Education, 1922–1937
  20. Chapter 7
  21. Totality and the Oral Method of Deaf Education in White and Coloured Catholic Schools for the Deaf, 1928–1969
  22. Chapter 8
  23. Catholic Schools for the Deaf and Apartheid, 1948–1968
  24. Chapter 9
  25. Total Communication, Bad Conscience and Shifts in Deaf Education, 1969–1981
  26. Chapter 10
  27. The Use of Sign Language in Catholic Schools for the Deaf, 1982‑1994
  28. Part III
  29. Deaf Saintliness and Prophetic Witness
  30. Chapter 11
  31. Deaf Saintliness
  32. Chapter 12
  33. Robert Simmons: Doctor in Neurobiology and a Deaf Activist
  34. Chapter 13
  35. Father Cyril Axelrod (1942–  ): Compassionate Minister Instilling Dignity
  36. Chapter 14
  37. Ruben Xulu (1942–1985): Africanising Church Art
  38. Chapter 15
  39. Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (1959– ): Black Consciousness and Challenging Racism and Audism in a Catholic School for the Deaf
  40. Chapter 16
  41. Fr John Turner CMM (1945–2013): Pastor and Teacher
  42. Chapter 17
  43. The Deaf Community of Cape Town: Sign-Deaf Space as Breathing Spaces for Prophetic Ministry
  44. Part IV
  45. Conclusion and the Way Forward
  46. Chapter 18
  47. Conclusion
  48. Bibliography

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