Deaf American Literature: From Carnival to the Canon

by Peters

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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
  • ISBN10 1563680947
  • ISBN13 9781563680946
  • Publish Date 1 September 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 15 December 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 232
  • Language English