Essays about: "Deaf identity"
Found 4 essays containing the words Deaf identity.
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1. “If we don’t, then who will?” : A qualitative study about Black Afro-Swedish women’s embodied identity experiences in working life
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Sweden has been celebrated in public discourse for being a major proponent of social justice and anti-racist policies, but the country’s ambiguous history with racism has been replaced by colour-evasive discourses permeating contemporary organisations today. Management and organisation studies have focused on the individual identity work of employees, without further attention to the intersecting social positionings of Black Afro-Swedish women. READ MORE
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2. “Strangers can’t tell”: Negotiating Identity in Small Stories by Parents of Deaf Children
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : Online discussion groups serve as an important source of information for parents of deaf children seeking advice about cochlear implantation. Within such groups, advice is often given in the form of short narratives. READ MORE
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3. Humor as a Mirroring Self- Reflection : A Case study of a subversive Deaf Humor Aiming the Spotlight at the Hearing Majority
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Forum för genusvetenskap och jämställdhetAbstract : Humor builds the ground to share the common and the uncommon, to ease the uneasiness, to laugh at oneself and the other. It is amusing and rebellious, revealing the obvious from the obscure and challenging the unchallenged. READ MORE
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4. Why Use Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Ensure the Birth of a Deaf Child? Or Rather, Why Not?
University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etikAbstract : The more geneticists discover about which genes cause what traits, the more medical practitioners as well as ethicists will have to deal with questions such as which of the myriad of identifiable conditions could or should be allowed for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and subsequent implantation via in vitro fertilization. Not a lot of controversy seems to be raised when it comes to performing PGD for serious genetic conditions such as Tay-Sachs disease or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, but what about other characteristics, for example, those which we normally would call disabilities? This thesis tackles this question, and in partifular the possibility of implanting embryos with that screen positive for deafness, as deaf parents, especially those coming from the Deaf community who see their condition as a positive part of their identity and cultural belongingness, have expressed interest in ensuring the birth of a deaf child. READ MORE
