Reading Between the Signs : Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters,9781931930260

Reading Between the Signs : Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781931930260
ISBN10: 1931930260
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-07-15
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary

This new edition of Reading between the Signs, the classic and influential work on Deaf culture for sign language interpreters and others who work with the Deaf community, is vastly revised and enlarged. It is the first book to cover the timely issues of VRS technology and includes a succinct treatment of multicultural Deaf culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Sharon Neumann Solow ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART ONE Background
1 Introduction
3(14)
2 The Study of Culture
17(22)
3 Selected Topics in Intercultural Communication
39(26)
4 Do Americans Really Have a Culture?
65(11)
5 American Deaf Culture
76(44)
6 Multicultural Deaf Culture
120(23)
7 Culture, Change, and Technology
143(14)
PART TWO Practical Applications
8 The Impact of Cultural Differences on Interpreting Situations
157(20)
9 Multicultural Interpreting Challenges
177(12)
10 The Interpreter's Role and Responsibilities
189(29)
11 Techniques for Cultural Adjustments
218(21)
12 Interpreting in a Virtual World
239(14)
13 Cultural Sensitivity Shouldn't End at Five O'Clock
253(22)
Afterword by Dr. Thomas K. Holcomb 275(3)
Bibliography 278(9)
About the Author and Contributors 287(2)
Index 289

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