Signing the body poetic : essays on American Sign Language literature

This unique collection of essays, accompanied by a pioneering DVD, at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. The book presents the work of a renowned and diverse group of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars who examine original ASL poetry, narrative, and drama. The DVD showcases the poems and narratives under discussion in their original form, providing access to them for hearing non-signers for the first time. Together, the book and DVD provide new insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the deaf community while expanding the scope of the visual and performing arts, literary criticism, and comparative literature. -- Back cover. The Accompanying Dvd ... Showcases The Poems And Narratives Under Discussion In Their Original Form, Providing Access To Them For Hearing Non-signers For The First Time.--co-publisher's Website. Listing Of All Video Clips On The Dvd On P. Xi-xii. Introduction / H.-dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson, Heidi M. Rose -- Face-to-face Tradition In The American Deaf Community : Dynamics Of The Teller, The Tale, And The Audience / Ben Bahan -- The Camera As Printing Press : How Film Has Influenced Asl Literature / Christopher B. Krentz -- Deaf American Theater / Cynthia Peters -- Getting Out Of Line : Toward A Visual And Cinematic Poetics Of Asl / H.-dirksen L. Bauman -- Textual Bodies, Bodily Texts / Jennifer L. Nelson -- The Poet In The Poem In The Performance : The Relation Of Body, Self, And Text In Asl Literature / Heidi M. Rose -- Asl Literature Comes Of Age : Creative Writing In The Classroom / Liz Wolter -- If There Are Greek Epics, There Should Be Deaf Epics : How Protest Became Poetry / Kristen C. Harmon -- Visual Screaming : Willy Conley's Deaf Theater And Charlie Chaplin's Silent Cinema / Carol L. Robinson -- Hearing Things : The Scandal Of Speech In Deaf Performance / Michael Davidson -- Afterword / Carol A. Padden -- Appendix A: Time Line Of Asl Literature Development -- Appendix B: Asl Video References. H.-dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson, Heidi M. Rose, Editors ; With A Foreword By William C. Stokoe And A Preface By W.j.t. Mitchell. Includes Dvd. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This unique collection of essays, accompanied by videos, at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. The book presents the work of a renowned and diverse group of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars who examine original ASL poetry, narrative, and drama. The videos showcases the poems and narratives under discussion in their original form, providing access to them for hearing non-signers for the first time. Together, the book and videos provide new insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the deaf community while expanding the scope of the visual and performing arts, literary criticism, and comparative literature. The videos may be viewed online at ucpress.edu/go/signingthebodypoetic.