Silent Poetry : Deafness, Sign, and Visual Culture in Modern France.

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This book explores the dynamic interaction between art and the sign language of the deaf in France from the philsopheRs to the introduction of the sound motion picture. Nicholas Mirzoeff shows how the French Revolution transformed the ancienT regime metaphor of painting as silent poetry into a ninet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mirzoeff, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Sign language > History > 19th century.
Art, French > 19th century.
Deaf > Means of communication > France > History > 19th century.
Deaf artists > France > History > 19th century.
Langage par signes > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art français > 19e siècle.
Personnes sourdes > Moyens de communication > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Artistes sourds > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
ART > History > General.
Art, French.
Deaf artists.
Deaf > Means of communication.
Sign language.
France.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 9780691655567_FChigh; ISBN_Web; Contents; List of Abbreviations

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