Deaf Lit Extravaganza - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0979881676 ISBN 13 : 9780979881671

Editeur : Handtype Press, 2013

Synopsis

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Handtype Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0979881676
• ISBN 13: 9780979881671
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Éditeur: Clark John Lee
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible