Deaf American Literature

Deaf American Literature From Carnival to the Canon

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Publisher's Synopsis

Peters (English, Gallaudet University) connects American Sign Language (ASL) literature to the literary canon with the archetypal notion of carnival as "the counterculture of the dominated." She recognizes similar forces at work in the propagation of ASL literature, citing the Deaf community's long tradition of "literary nights" and festivals such

Book information

ISBN: 9781563680946
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Imprint: Gallaudet University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 419
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 217
Weight: 499g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 21mm