Golos Debbie B, Moses Annie M
Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, USA.
Am Ann Deaf. 2011 Summer;156(3):270-82. doi: 10.1353/aad.2011.0025.
Picture books can influence how children perceive people of different backgrounds, including people with disabilities whose cultures differ from their own. Researchers have examined the portrayal of multicultural characters with disabilities in children's literature. However, few have specifically considered the portrayal of deaf characters, despite increased inclusion of deaf characters in children's literature over the past two decades. The present study analyzed the portrayal of deaf characters in picture books for children ages 4-8 years. A content analysis of 20 children's picture books was conducted in which the books were analyzed for messages linked to pathological and cultural categories. Results indicated that these books did not portray Deaf characters from a cultural perspective but, rather, highlighted aspects of deafness as a medical condition, one that requires fixing and that perpetuates stereotypes of deafness as a disability.
图画书会影响儿童对不同背景人群的认知，包括那些文化与自身不同的残障人士。研究人员已对儿童文学中多元文化残障角色的描绘进行了考察。然而，尽管在过去二十年里儿童文学中聋人角色的出现频率有所增加，但很少有人专门研究过聋人角色的描绘。本研究分析了面向4至8岁儿童的图画书中聋人角色的描绘情况。对20本儿童图画书进行了内容分析，分析这些书与病理学和文化类别相关的信息。结果表明，这些书并未从文化视角描绘聋人角色，而是将耳聋作为一种疾病状况来突出，这种状况需要治疗，并且延续了将耳聋视为残疾的刻板印象。
