DC- chapter 8

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1. What does Deaf lit tend to be? With the recognition of ASL as a legitimate language comes the growing awareness of and appreciation for Deaf literature, more commonly known as “Deaf lit” in the Deaf community. (133-134) 2. How was Deaf lit described? American literature has been described as a “smorgasbord that includes Native American literature, African American literature, Chinese American literature, and Hispanic literature.” Deaf lit is also part of the mix while being, at the same time, a uniquely Deaf phenomenon. (134) 3. What is reflected or shown in every Deaf performance? The scope of Deaf lit is not limited to presentations in ASL. It also encompasses pieces written in English by Deaf individuals. Although English and ASL are essentially two completely different languages, reflecting two different experiences, the work of Deaf author illustrates their “biculturalism, bilingualism, and bicognitivism. (136) 4. What do deaf authored books include? They included autobiographies, biographies, poetry, sport chronicles, educational materials, novels, science fiction, anthologies, and sign language texts. (139) 5. What are the 2 states of being? One is the ‘hearist’ state of being and the other is the deafest state of being,, a Deaf-centric, visual-based worldview whereby the entities, relationships, society, and environs are understood as governed by principles of visulaism and signing-and-seeing practices of Deaf people. (I40) 6. What is Deaf Utopia?

Deaf Utopia is recognized as the first full-length fiction written by a deaf person regarding Deaf culture. In this book, a Deaf world is presented in which being Deaf is the norm and sign language the main mode of communication. (140-141) 7. What are recurrent themes that resonate with many Deaf experiences? More recently, a novel entitled Mindfield , by John Egbert presented a world in turmoil when a terrorist group releases a deadly bacterial disease, spinal meningitis, that causes people to become deaf all over the world. In the end, Deaf people are seen as heroes with ready-made solutions for effective living. (141) Raymond Luczak and Connie Briscoe are probably two of the most prolific deaf authors in recent years. Luczaks published works strongly revolve around gay themes including : Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay & Lesbian Reader , St. Michael's Fall: Poems , This Way to the Acorns: Poems , Snotty: A Comedy , When I Am Dead: The Writings of George M. Teegarden , Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader , Assembly Required: Notes from a Deaf Gay Life , Whispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays About the Deaf American Experience , Men with Their Hands: A Novel , and Mute : Poems. Although Luczak's work focuses on the experiences of Deaf people, Briscoe's does not. (141) 8. What do poetic pieces include? Regardless of the presence or absence of sign language in their lives, many poetic pieces include “the profound impact of deafness on the individual’s place in society.. little to do with the inability to hear but much to do with the marginal and stigmatized position of deaf people in an unaccommodating and aggressively hearing world”. (150) 9. What is ASL literature?

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