Deaf Subjects : Between Identities and Places / Brenda Jo Brueggemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Brenda Jo, 1958- Author.

Series:

Cultural front (Series)

Cultural Front ; 12.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deafness.

Deaf people.

Culture.

Deafness--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Persons with Hearing Disabilities.

Sign Language.

Medical Subjects:

Deafness.

Culture.

Deafness--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Persons with Hearing Disabilities.

Sign Language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New York University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this probing exploration of what it means to be deaf, Brenda Brueggemann goes beyond any simple notion of identity politics to explore the very nature of identity itself. Looking at a variety of cultural texts, she brings her fascination with borders and between-places to expose and enrich our understanding of how deafness embodies itself in the world, in the visual, and in language.Taking on the creation of the modern deaf subject, Brueggemann ranges from the intersections of gender and deafness in the work of photographers Mary and Frances Allen at the turn of the last century, to the state of the field of Deaf Studies at the beginning of our new century. She explores the power and potential of American Sign Language—wedged, as she sees it, between letter-bound language and visual ways of learning—and argues for a rhetorical approach and digital future for ASL literature.The narration of deaf lives through writing becomes a pivot around which to imagine how digital media and documentary can be used to convey deaf life stories. Finally, she expands our notion of diversity within the deaf identity itself, takes on the complex relationship between deaf and hearing people, and offers compelling illustrations of the intertwined, and sometimes knotted, nature of individual and collective identities within Deaf culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Between:

2. American Sign Language and the Academy

3. Approaching American Sign Language Literature

4. Narrating Deaf Lives

5. Deaf Eyes

6. Posting Mabel

7. Economics, Euthanasia, Eugenics

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780814739006

0814739008

OCLC:

819603337