Signing the body poetic : essays on American Sign Language literature /

The book presents the work of a renowned and diverse group of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars who examine original ASL poetry, narrative, and drama. The book provides new insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the deaf community while expanding the scope of the v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bauman, H-Dirksen L., 1964- (Editor ), Nelson, Jennifer L., 1965- (Editor ), Rose, Heidi M., 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Temas:
American Sign Language literature.
Deaf authors.
Deaf, Theater for the.
Visual literature > History and criticism.
Littérature en langue des signes américaine.
Écrivains sourds.
Théâtre pour personnes sourdes.
Littérature concrète > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
American Sign Language literature
Deaf authors
Deaf, Theater for the
Visual literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Educational.
Performance.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / H.-Dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson, Heidi M. Rose
  • Face-to-face tradition in the American deaf community : dynamics of the teller, the tale, and the audience / Ben Bahan
  • The camera as printing press : how film has influenced ASL literature / Christopher B. Krentz
  • Deaf American theater / Cynthia Peters
  • Getting out of line : toward a visual and cinematic poetics of ASL / H.-Dirksen L. Bauman
  • Textual bodies, bodily texts / Jennifer L. Nelson
  • The poet in the poem in the performance : the relation of body, self, and text in ASL literature / Heidi M. Rose
  • ASL literature comes of age : creative "writing" in the classroom / Liz Wolter
  • "If there are Greek epics, there should be deaf epics" : how protest became poetry / Kristen C. Harmon
  • Visual screaming : Willy Conley's deaf theater and Charlie Chaplin's silent cinema / Carol L. Robinson
  • Hearing things : the scandal of speech in deaf performance / Michael Davidson
  • Afterword / Carol A. Padden
  • Appendix A: Time line of ASL literature development
  • Appendix B: ASL video references.

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