Deaf Lit Extravaganza

This celebration of short stories, poems, and essays gives us a glimpse into the Deaf signing community, something that literature by hearing authors featuring deaf characters has rarely done. Between these covers, a Deaf couple fights over their son's language use, an Australian woman joins the community as an adult, a Deaf woman's body is fished out a dumpster, and a British Deaf poet wants to keep "zombies"-hearing people-out. The range of perspectives is astonishing, including opposing views. In one story, a hearing journalist tells us about the infamous Milan congress of educators who banned sign language in 1880, while in another story, a Deaf woman tells us what it's like to have a hearing journalist interview her and her husband for a "human interest" story. Even in pieces that are about just one Deaf person, readers get a powerful sense of life in one of the most vibrant and least understood communities.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Lee Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: Touchladybirdlucky Studios
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780979881671
• ISBN: 978-0-9798816-7-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language