Research Guides: WRPR 118: Portraits of Disability and Difference (HC): Books

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a title search in the Tripod Catalog to find some relevant material and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

deaf united states history [Subject]

(rights OR activis*) AND deaf [Keyword]

(deaf OR "hearing impaired") AND (poet* OR memoir*) [Keyword] Sorted by newest titles first

Tripod Catalog
Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges each have their own Tripod catalog. Use Tripod to find relevant scholarship owned by your home library as well as print resources at the other two schools. To see digital material owned only by BMC, use the BMC Tripod link (tripod.brynmawr.edu). You will need to be on the BMC campus in order to access those digital resources.
Change the resource group on the search bar to limit results to specific materials like books and films.
Use the Request link in an item's record to have it delivered to the library of your choice . Note that you need to log into Tripod in order to see the Request link. If you are already in Tripod, use the Sign In link at the top of every page to log in.

WorldCat
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

Borrowing beyond the Tri-Co
1. E-Z Borrow - Request books that are not available in Tripod. It usually takes three days or less for E-Z Borrow books to arrive.
2. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Request books not in E-Z Borrow. They can come in as little as four or five days. Also use ILL to request films, dissertations, sound recordings, and other materials.
3. Articles - Request journal articles not available in your college library. You will receive digital copies of the articles in your email sometimes as quickly as the following day.

Books Recommended by Professor Lindgren

Access: Multiple Avenues for Deaf People by Doreen DeLuca (Editor); Irene W. Leigh (Editor); Kristin A. Lindgren (Editor); Donna Jo Napoli (Editor); Irene Leigh (Editor)
ISBN: 9781563683930
Publication Date: 2008-11-15
The companion to Signs and Voices: Deaf Culture, Identity, Language, and Arts, this volume presents an accomplished group of contributors who address the major technological, institutional, and societal advances in access for deaf people, as well as the remaining hurdles.
Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture by Carol A. Padden; Tom L. Humphries
ISBN: 0674194233
Publication Date: 1988-09-26
Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this unique book illuminates the life and culture of Deaf people from the inside, through their everyday talk, their shared myths, their art and performances, and the lessons they teach one another. The authors employ the capitalized "Deaf" to refer to deaf people who share a natural language--American Sign Language (ASL)--and a complex culture, historically created and actively transmitted across generations.
Deaf Subjects by Brenda Jo Brueggemann
ISBN: 0814799663
Publication Date: 2009-05-01
In this probing exploration of what it means to be deaf, Brenda Brueggemann goes beyond any simple notion of identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. Looking at a variety of cultural texts, she brings her fascination with borders and between-places to expose and enrich our understanding of how deafness embodies itself in the world, in the visual, and in language.
Print copy also available in Tripod.
Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language by Nora Ellen Groce; Nora Ellen GROCE
ISBN: 0674037952
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha's Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born deaf were so thoroughly integrated into the daily life of the community that they were not seen--and did not see themselves--as handicapped or as a group apart.
Inside Deaf Culture by Carol A. Padden; Tom L. Humphries
ISBN: 0674015061
Publication Date: 2005-01-30
In a study written from within the deaf community, the authors demonstrate how deaf people live historically, culturally, and linguistically complex lives, and how being or becoming deaf opens the door to an enormously rewarding life.
Keywords for Disability Studies by Rachel Adams (Editor); Benjamin Reiss (Editor); David Serlin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015-08-14
Each of the essays in this book focuses on a critical concept, including "ethics," "medicalization," "performance," and "identity,". The volume contributors avoid treating individual disabilities as keywords, and instead interrogate concepts that encompass different components of the social and bodily experience of disability. A print copy is also available in Tripod.
Lend Me Your Ear by Brenda Jo Brueggemann
ISBN: 1563680793
Publication Date: 1999-06-02
The tradition of rhetoric established 2,500 years ago emphasizes the imperative of speech as a defining characteristic of reason. But in her new book Lend Me Your Ear, Brenda Jo Brueggemann exposes this tradition's effect of disallowing deaf people human identity because of their natural silence.
Open Your Eyes by H-Dirksen L. Bauman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780816646197
Publication Date: 2008-01-08
In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, disability, family, and race.
Signing the Body Poetic by Heidi M. Rose (Editor); Dirksen Bauman (Editor); Jennifer Nelson (Editor)
ISBN: 0520935918
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
This unique collection of essays, accompanied by a pioneering DVD, at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. The book presents the work of a renowned and diverse group of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars who examine original ASL poetry, narrative, and drama.
Signs and Voices by Kristin A. Lindgren (Editor); Doreen DeLuca (Editor); Donna Jo Napoli
ISBN: 9781563683633
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
Cochlear implants, mainstreaming, genetic engineering, and other ethical dilemmas confronting deaf people mandated a new, wide-ranging examination of these issues, fulfilled by Signs and Voices: Deaf Culture, Identity, Language, and Arts. This collection, carefully chosen from the 2004 Signs and Voices Conference, the Presidential Forum on American Sign Language at the Modern Language Association Convention, and other sources, addresses all of the factors now changing the cultural landscape for deaf people.
When the Mind Hears by Harlan Lane
ISBN: 0394508785
Publication Date: 1984-09-12
An authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.