Louise Gruizet-Asser (1880-1958). Henri Gaillard helped Louise get admitted to the Societes des Gens de Lettres. Well-educated, she was a novelist and poetess of the Belle Epoque. Her novels were considered erotic, but now they read as romance stories; thus she was considered a daring writer. An example of her French novel is available. She wrote a poem, like a prayer, about the power of being a woman. After writing five novels and some poems, she became DeafBlind and retired to a quiet, family life with her husband who was an artist (Cantin, Yann). There is very little information about her, so this biography needs expansion.
Henri Gaillard wrote an article about Louise in the Gazette des Sourds Muets, "The Work of the Deaf-Speaking", February 1917. Another article is "The archives of the deaf community in Paris, what possibilities for a broader perspective? " by Yann Cantin. Use interlibrary loan to request these articles.
Biographical Dictionary of the Great Deaf in France by
Order through interlibrary loan. Publisher is Archives and Culture, 2017, and the information is on p 302. Available for purchase via https://www.archivesetculture.org/product-page/dictionnaire-biographique-des-grands-sourds-en-france
Deaf poems: history, creations, translations (GPS n ° 11 Poésies Sourdes)
The deaf community of the Belle Époque (1870-1920) by
For the past forty years, sociological studies on minorities have multiplied. Deaf Studies bring a new perspective on the deaf, and above all a completely new angle of analysis on the question of deafness, that of the existence and development of a real community, which goes far beyond the simple hearing impairment.
The chronology usually used for these studies is based on four pivotal dates:
- 1759-1760, when the Abbé de l'Épée, initiator of free education for deaf children, structures the deaf educational landscape;
- 1834, which marks with Ferdinand Berthier the beginning of the deaf militant movement. This second period, too idealized, called the Golden Age, runs from 1834 to 1880;
- 1880, from which the teaching of sign language disappears, dark period little studied
- 1970-2005, period known as the “Deaf Awakening”, cultural renewal of the deaf community. However, the absence of in-depth work on the Belle Époque prevents a detailed understanding of the transformations. This book therefore studies this pivotal period between the emergence of the community and the era of struggles. It allows us to better understand the evolutions of this community, its internal structure, its members, and what it left to later generations.
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Les Sourds-Muets de la Belle Epoque, une communauté en mutation by Use of RIT resources is reserved for current RIT students, faculty
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