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100	1		_aPeters, Cynthia.
245	1	0	_aDeaf American literature : _bfrom carnival to the canon / _cCynthia Peters.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bGallaudet University Press, _c2000.
300			_avii, 217 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aBased on the author's thesis, George Washington University, 1996.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIs there really such as thing as Deaf American literature? -- Carnival: orature and Deaf American literature -- Deaf carnivals as centers of culture -- The oral tradition: Deaf American storytellers as tricksters -- Literary night: the restorative power of comedic and grotesque literature -- Deaf American theater -- Islay: the Deaf American novel -- Poetry -- From orature to literature: the new permanence of ASL literature -- Conclusion.
520			_a"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". Peters explains precisely how ASL literature achieved this moment, tracing its past and predicting its future in this trailblazing study. Peters connects ASL literature to the literary canon with the archetypal notion of carnival as "the counterculture of the dominated". Throughout history carnivals have been opportunities for the "low", disenfranchised elements of society to displace their "high" counterparts. Citing the Deaf community's long tradition of "literary nights" and festivals like the Deaf Way, Peters recognizes similar forces at work in the propagation of ASL literature. The agents of this movement, Deaf artists and ASL performers -- "Tricksters", as Peters calls them -- jump between the two cultures and languages. Through this process they create a synthesis of English literary content reinterpreted in sign language, which also raises the profile of ASL as a distinct art form in itself. Peters applies her analysis to the craft's landmark works, including Douglas Bullard's novel Islay and Ben Bahan's video-recorded narrative Bird of a Different Feather. Deaf American Literature, the only work of its kind, is its own seminal moment in the emerging discipline of ASL literary criticism.
650		0	_aAmerican Sign Language.
650		0	_aInterpreters for deaf people.
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