Deaf utopia : a memoir-- and a love letter to a way of life
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Deaf utopia : a memoir-- and a love letter to a way of life
- Jaar:
- 2022
- Onderwerp:
- DiMarco, Nyle,
Acteurs Biographies
Actors Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBT
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Culture sourde
Deaf culture
Deaf Biography
Mannequins (Personnes) Biographies
Models (Persons) Biography
Personnes sourdes Biographies
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Autobiography - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Plaatsnummer:
- DVV (DVV)
- ISBN:
- 9780063062351
0063062356 - Paginering:
- Xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Editie:
- First edition.
- Samenvatting:
- Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. This is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem - a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's primary language., How I failed my first test the day after I was born -- Queens, New York -- Fire in the belly -- Roadside arts and crafts -- Wanderings -- Them hearing, me deaf -- Storms -- The kitchen light -- Fighting back -- Guatemala -- Explorations -- Use your voice -- I'm sold -- War heroes -- Tears of joy -- Fluid -- Boombox -- Silence, deaf history, and the last dance -- Embracing me -- Home movies.
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- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/cgw01:000872756
