My Sense of Silence
Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness
Published on 25. May 2015
176 pages
978-0-252-09094-3 (ISBN)
Description
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. Gracefully slipping through memory, regret, longing, and redemption, My Sense of Silence is an eloquent remembrance of human ties and human failings.
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06/2008
University of Illinois Press
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Lennard J. Davis is a professor of English, Disability and Human Development, and Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has written several books and published essays in The Nation , the Chronicle of Higher Education , and other publications, and he has been a commentator on National Public Radio.
Content
- Intro
- Chapter 1 - The Grain of Sounds
- Chapter 2 - Language and the Word of My Father
- Chapter 3 - The Two Mothers
- Chapter 4 - Brother's Keeper
- Chapter 5 - Honeymoon with Mom
- Chapter 6 - Schooling
- Chapter 7 - Adolescence
- Chapter 8 - College and Other Awakenings
- Epilogue
