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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ASLD 124 - American Deaf Cultures


(3 units)

Prerequisite: None
The course will explore issues of language, consciousness, culture, self-representation, identity, and social construction within and between groups. Focus will be on cultural oppression, power, contributions of folklore, literature, plays, Deaf art, and the impact of modern technology on multiple discourses of Deaf culture within America.

Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours. No knowledge of a signed language or prior experience with this culture is required.