Home Signs: An Ethnography of Life Beyond and Beside Language

by Joshua O. Reno

An intimate account of an anthropologist's relationship with his non-verbal son and how it has shaped and transformed his understanding of closeness and communication.

Home Signs grew out of the anthropologist Joshua Reno's experience of caring for and trying to communicate with his teenage son, Charlie, who cannot speak. To manage interactions with others, Charlie uses what are known as "home signs," gestures developed to meet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226831264
• ISBN13: 9780226831268
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"