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Summary:

This covers the life of what villagers say was "the first" deaf person. It not only chronicles his status as a capable Maya man; it also documents the status of deaf Maya persons and the emerging revelations that there is now, and may have been for centuries, a recessive gene for deafness. Three linguists from Gallaudet survey the situation and one, Bob Johnson, perseveres to explode the myth of deafness' rarity. We visit other villages and towns and find deaf persons both numerous and also accepted and well-integrated in the hearing population.1. The deaf in Yucatan are wholly unalike the deaf in modern societies. 2. Me, the initial investigator, had to reckon with falling for a version of the "single informant" dilemma.

Contributors:

Smith, Hubert, 1938- , director, producer

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English and Spanish with English subtitles.

Subjects:

Mayas

Deaf people — Mexico

Mayas — Social life and customs

Yucatán (Mexico : State) — Social life and customs

Deaf

Manners and customs

Mexico — Yucatán (State)

Mexico

Genres:

Documentary films

Ethnographic films

Online media

Internet videos

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Peter Smokler.

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 04, 2021).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (40 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1237667252

Other Control Numbers:

99409007200971 (source: VaAlASP)
5102123 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5102123/avon