Yucatec Maya : deaf sign
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Smith Hubert ;
- Editeurs : Watertown Documentary Educational Resources [éd., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2015
- Sujets : Films documentaires, Films ethnographiques, Langue des signes, Yucatèque (langue)
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD (31 min), : Coul., sonore
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version originale en anglais, en langue des signes (Yucatèque), sous-titrée en anglais
Résumé
'In 1976, Hubert Smith set out with a group of researchers to visually document Yucatec Maya society within the village of Chican. This project resulted in the 4-part series, The Living Maya. During filming, however, it was impossible to ignore the use of sign language in the village. Smith and his team saw a lot of the deaf residents, filmed them often, and went back to have these sign exchanges translated. Now it is time to share a story solely about them.The Yucatec Maya Deaf Sign DVD contains three distinct sequences: The first, A Search for the Origins of Yucatec Maya Deaf Sign follows linguist Robert Johnson of Gallaudet University in his study of the extent of Yucatec Maya Deaf Sign. At the time, genetic researchers believed that the high incidence of deafness — and thus of sign language use — was limited to Chican. Johnson set out to ascertain whether the Chican use of sign language was in fact an isolated case or if it was widespread among the Maya. Johnson travels throughout the region and finds both a high incidence of deafness and widespread knowledge of sign language, and ultimately gathers evidence that Yucatec Deaf Sign is, indeed, a language and not simply a gestural system.' (source : www.der.org)