Deaf American Literature: From Carnival to the Canon

by Cynthia Peters

Book Overview

"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." Cynthia Peters explains precisely how American Sign Language (ASL) literature achieved this moment by tracing its past and predicting its future in Deaf American Literature: From Carnival to the Canon.

Peters connects ASL literature to the literary canon with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563685779
• ISBN13: 9781563685774
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"