Whispers of a savage sort : and other plays about the deaf American experience / Raymond Luczak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luczak, Raymond, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Drama.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 177 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Gallaudet University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Oh, why can't the deaf community be more like a family?" is the plaint of a character in Raymond Luczak's title play Whispers of a Savage Sort. It also goes far in characterizing the main thread that runs through his remarkable collection of work offered in this new volume. Whispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience presents a progression of plays that depict Deaf people in situations well-known by the community's members. Written to be signing-driven, these plays feature Deaf characters from the various strata of Deaf society. Each play centers on different yet equally familiar issues. Snooty brings to life the difficulties of surviving the social pecking order in a deaf residential school. The main character's only escape is a rich fantasy life in which he is in control. Doogle confronts its characters with the intrusion of technological communication devices parallel to the virtually forced intimacy of such a small, close community. Brought into stark focus by the specter of AIDS, Love in My Veins explores how trust, betrayal, and ultimately forgiveness can transform a Deaf couple's love for each other in a Deaf community. The collection's eponymous Whispers of a Savage Sort reveals the relentless damage that rumor and innuendo can do to a diverse group of Deaf individuals. The emotions, identities, and consequences created by Luczak in these dramas illuminate the Deaf American community in fascinating detail rarely seen in any medium today.

Contents:

Snooty

Love in my veins

Doogle

Whispers of a savage sort.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563684395

156368439X

OCLC:

794700913