Friday, April 19, 2013
CHAPTER 65:
"Can deaf people appreciate music at all?"
I would agree with HBO in this chapter with its beginning response, depending on the person is the only way to know if a deaf person appreciates music. Think about this, do all hearing people appreciate or even listen to music for leisure? Some people will know no one who doesn't enjoy music, however some of us know several people who don't listen or appreciate music at all. This goes for the deaf community as well, "some care nothing about music in any form, others enjoy the booming rhythms of percussion, some are good at carrying rhythm, others aren't" Deaf people communicate some by body language, and it makes sense to me that some enjoy watching music videos and seeing the performers. Also lyrics could have meaning to a person, whether they are deaf of not. I say that from my own personal enjoyment, even without hearing a song I can appreciate the lyrics in the song and be satisfied.Some deaf people create "sign-songs" which have emphasis on rhythm, and others translate popular "hearing songs" into sign which I think is awesome!
After reading this chapter I would enjoy seeing an organization of deaf children of a signsong choir perform.
CHAPTER 64:
"At my daughters wedding, I saw my nephew dance for the first time, and I was surprised to see him dancing so beautifully. How could he so that if he's deaf? My sister tried to explain how that could work. I still don't understand. Can all deaf people dance like him?
This question is an example of what I have talked about on past blogs, what kind of question is that? I understand I use this statement often, but just because a person is deaf does not mean that individual is incapable of dancing or many other things that are assumed they cannot. Individuality also seems to be my answer to many blogs, but it can be said for this chapter as well, a deaf person can learn to dance without hearing any music, some are very great dancers just as some hearing people. If you put the deaf culture into perspective and consider their language,most are very creative with movement.some deaf people have made careers out of dance. On the other side just as in the hearing culture, some deaf people don't feel comfortable or don't enjoy dancing like others. After reading this chapter I realized that there are some factors that could affect a deaf persons ability to dance, such as deafness could effect the sense of balance, but ultimately a deaf person can achieve coordination.
It makes me happy that their are dance classes for deaf students, because I feel as if everyone should have equal opportunity to achieve all goals.
CHAPTER 63:
" I am a hearing person who really enjoys movies, a cinema buff. I have two deaf friends who come with me to theatrical film showings. Ive noticed that they're often bored, but sometimes excited. Can you help me determine which films have guaranteed appeal for deaf viewers?
HBO book has taught me very interesting facts about deaf culture, may historical facts based in how deaf culture used to be versus how it is now. In this chapter, before reading its entirety, the title question lead me to think back to individuality. I was pleased to read the first line that stated, " Of course, everyone's an individual with distinct tastes."(371). Learning about "talkies" that was debuted in 1927 leading up to the "silents" that deaf and hearing people could both enjoy, made me question why movie theaters today have movies accessible for the deaf community. I believe that movie theaters should be accessible to everyone regardless if one can hear or not. Some deaf people may enjoy watching action movies on a big- screen, or perhaps a deaf person has read a book sequel to a movie and wants to watch the movie.The most interesting fact of this chapter to me was learning about foreign films, film industries from France, Germany, and many others that are subtitled in English, which is accessible to deaf audience.
CHAPTER 62:
"Is there a Deaf literature"
According to HBO "Literature", means fiction, nonfiction, essay, journalism, memoirs, stories, poetry, plays, and all manner or hybrids, with the emphasis on creativity (365). There is a distinction between "literature created by people who happen to be deaf" and "expressing a deaf viewpoint". Literature is very diverse, of course there is deaf literature!! There are numerous different classifications (blind, disabled, outcasts) of people who produce movies, etc. This chapter is interesting to me because it puts literature in perspective if you think back on much of the literature today, it is easy to pick out characteristics presented in this chapter. It is important that people know that deaf people are capable of achieving almost every aspect of life as a hearing person does and many deaf people have participated in all genres of literature. Deaf creativity also is very interesting to me in this chapter, which is based on sign language. ASL literature is certainly another genre in itself but nonetheless still literature.CHAPTER 61:
"Are Deaf people still stereotyped? If so, How? What kind of stereotypes are still popular?
I don't like to compare hearing class of people versus a deaf class of people because to me we are all the same. Certainly we all have different characteristics in which make us who we are (individuality) but, ultimately we are all human beings. Thinking back many chapters of this HBO book, when we discussed classifications of people, I believe that their will always some type of stereotypes that will exist in our world. Outsiders of any "class" of people will always have an altered image of people out side of their norm. Some stereotypes that exist for the deaf culture are the silent sufferer, the pathetic waif, emotional basket case, super- sleuth who can read lips through walls, super- deafie with novelty value, and many more. Although I am sure that the deaf culture has stereotypical names for outsiders as well these names given to the deaf community are all rude and belittling. The silent sufferer sounds very cruel to me. According to the HBO book itself, The silent sufferer stereotype is deaf people who are seen as solitary social outcasts, terribly alone, more alienated than hearing characters. Just because a person is deaf does not mean any of these things!!CHAPTER 60:
"Is the Internet going to destroy Deaf culture?"
Although there is a concern of the Internet destroying cultures, most of video clips (etc) that are available on the web are not captioned which sets Deaf culture even further. Just as the Internet has the potential to be disruptive to any culture the same applies to the Deaf culture. From the outside of deaf culture looking in many deaf people do not have the opportunity to use many features of the Internet like hearing people take advantage of. People tend to make misconceptions that deaf culture is extremely different and unprivileged, however those misconceptions do not exist to me. Every person deaf or hearing are their own individual, some may enjoy to use the internet and some may choose to stay away from the distractions. Granted there are some positive aspects of the internet that people could potentially benefit from. Regardless of all positive or negative influences the Internet has on the Deaf culture it can not destroy the culture as a whole.
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