Signing The Body Poetic

Author : Dirksen Bauman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520935918
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signing the Body Poetic written by Dirksen Bauman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays, accompanied by videos, at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. 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 videos showcases the poems and narratives under discussion in their original form, providing access to them for hearing non-signers for the first time. Together, the book and videos provide new insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the deaf community while expanding the scope of the visual and performing arts, literary criticism, and comparative literature. The videos may be viewed online at ucpress.edu/go/signingthebodypoetic.

Author : Heidi M. Rose
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520229762
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signing the Body Poetic written by Heidi M. Rose and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Dirksen Bauman
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520229761
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signing the Body Poetic written by Dirksen Bauman and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays, accompanied by a pioneering DVD, at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. 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 DVD showcases the poems and narratives under discussion in their original form, providing access to them for hearing non-signers for the first time. Together, the book and DVD provide new insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the deaf community while expanding the scope of the visual and performing arts, literary criticism, and comparative literature.

Author : Cynthia Peters
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781563680946
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deaf American Literature written by Cynthia Peters and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The moment when a society must contend with a powerful language other than its own is a decisive point in its evolution. This moment is occurring now in American society". Peters explains precisely how ASL literature achieved this moment, tracing its past and predicting its future in this trailblazing study. Peters connects ASL literature to the literary canon with the archetypal notion of carnival as "the counterculture of the dominated". Throughout history carnivals have been opportunities for the "low", disenfranchised elements of society to displace their "high" counterparts. Citing the Deaf community's long tradition of "literary nights" and festivals like the Deaf Way, Peters recognizes similar forces at work in the propagation of ASL literature. The agents of this movement, Deaf artists and ASL performers -- "Tricksters", as Peters calls them -- jump between the two cultures and languages. Through this process they create a synthesis of English literary content reinterpreted in sign language, which also raises the profile of ASL as a distinct art form in itself. Peters applies her analysis to the craft's landmark works, including Douglas Bullard's novel Islay and Ben Bahan's video-recorded narrative Bird of a Different Feather. Deaf American Literature, the only work of its kind, is its own seminal moment in the emerging discipline of ASL literary criticism.

Author : Harlan L. Lane
Publisher : Dawnsign Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Journey Into the Deaf-world written by Harlan L. Lane and published by Dawnsign Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience life as it is in the U.S. for those who cannot hear.

Author : Don Tate
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 1682631176
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poet written by Don Tate and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate celebrates the first southern Black writer to be published in this first-ever picture book biography of George Moses Horton. George loved words, but he was also enslaved. Forced to work long hours, he was unable to attend school or learn how to read. But he was determined―he listened to the white children's lessons and learned the alphabet. Then he taught himself to read. Soon, he began composing poetry in his head and reciting it aloud as he sold fruits and vegetables on a nearby college campus. News of the enslaved poet traveled quickly among the students, and before long, George had customers for his poems. But George was still enslaved. Would he ever be free? In this powerful biography, Don Tate tells an inspiring and moving story of talent and determination.

Author : Rachel Sutton-Spence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349931799
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Sign Language Literature written by Rachel Sutton-Spence and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Sign Language Literature: Folklore and Creativity is the first textbook dedicated to analyzing and appreciating sign language storytelling, poetry and humour. The authors assume no prior knowledge of sign language or literary studies, introducing readers to a world of visual language creativity in deaf communities. Introducing Sign Language Literature: Folklore and Creativity - Explains in straightforward terms the unique features of this embodied language art form - Draws on an online anthology of over 150 sign language stories, poems and jokes - Suggests ways of analysing and appreciating the rich artistic heritage of deaf communities Watch a short video about the book.

Author : R. Sutton-Spence
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230513905
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysing Sign Language Poetry written by R. Sutton-Spence and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex grammatical, phonological and morphological systems of sign language linguistic structure and their role in sign language poetry and performance. Chapters deal with repetition and rhyme, symmetry and balance, neologisms, ambiguity, themes, metaphor and allusion, poem and performance, and blending English and sign language poetry. Major poetic performances in both BSL and ASL - with emphasis on the work of the deaf poet Dorothy Miles - are analysed using the tools provided in the book.

Author : Blythe Baird
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1943735484
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If My Body Could Speak written by Blythe Baird and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blythe Baird's If My Body Could Speak is a celebration of girlhood and all of its struggles and triumphs. In poems that dig deep into sexuality, acceptance of the body, survival of trauma, and learning to love yourself in spite of everything telling you not to, Baird's voice is a rich addition to her generation. Searing, soaring, and heartbreaking, If My Body Could Speak balances the softness of femininity with the sharpness that girls are forced to become. Includes poems such as "Girl Code 101", "When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny", and "Pocket-Sized Feminism" that have been watched by millions online.

Author : H-Dirksen L. Bauman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452913412
Total Pages : 767 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Your Eyes written by H-Dirksen L. Bauman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies, offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, disability, family, and race. Together, they explore the role of sensory perception in constructing community, redefine literacy in light of signed languages, and delve into the profound medical, social, and political dimensions of the disability label often assigned to deafness. Moving beyond proving the existence of deaf culture, Open Your Eyes shows how the culture contributes vital insights on issues of identity, language, and power, and, ultimately, challenges our culture’s obsession with normalcy. Contributors: Benjamin Bahan, Gallaudet U; Douglas C. Baynton, U of Iowa; Frank Bechter, U of Chicago; MJ Bienvenu, Gallaudet U; Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Ohio State U; Lennard J. Davis, U of Illinois, Chicago; Lindsay Dunn, Gallaudet U; Lawrence Fleischer, California State U, Northridge; Genie Gertz, California State U, Northridge; Hilde Haualand, FAFO Institute; Robert Hoffmeister, Boston U; Tom Humphries, U of California, San Diego; Arlene Blumenthal Kelly, Gallaudet U; Marlon Kuntze, U of California, Berkeley; Paddy Ladd, U of Bristol; Harlan Lane, Northeastern U; Joseph J. Murray, U of Iowa; Carol Padden, U of California, San Diego.