LA IDENTIDAD SOCIO-CULTURAL DE LA COMUNIDAD DE SORDOS: ANÁLISIS DE “EL GRITO DE LA GAVIOTA” DE EMMANUELLE LABORIT

Barbara Galeandro

doi:10.30827/modulema.v9i.31791

Authors

Barbara Galeandro University of Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/modulema.v9i.31791

Keywords:

identity, deafness, signlanguage, inclusion

Abstract

This article presents a reflective analysis of the socio-cultural identity of the Deaf Community. The categories of analysis present in this work meet the objectives we establish in it: to highlight the identity peculiarity of the Deaf Community, which is manifested in the use of the sign language; to insist on the need to see sign language as just one more language that characterises a group of people and defines their identity; and to reflect on the necessity to raise collective awareness to promote equality and the inclusion of the Deaf Community. In order to achieve our objectives and better understand how the cultural identity of the deaf is defined, the methodology used is based on a qualitative approach. For this purpose, we took as a reference the analysis of the autobiographical story The cry of the seagull, by Emmanuelle Laborit. This writer, deaf since birth, relates the difficult process through which she eventually managed to achieve her identity as a deaf person. Therefore, we have come to the conclusion that, thanks to the experience of this author, we have been able to reflect on the importance of sign language in defining the identity of a deaf person, and on the concept of deaf
identity. Another conclusion of this autobiographical analysis refers to the necessity to consider sign language as another language and to value it as an instrument that deaf people use to construct their identity.

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