Deafening Modernism
Rebecca Sanchez
Deafening Modernism tells the story of modernism from the perspective of Deaf critical insight. Working to develop a critical Deaf theory independent of identity-based discourse, Rebecca Sanchez excavates the intersections between Deaf and modernist studies. She traces the ways that Deaf culture, history, linguistics, and literature provide a vital and largely untapped resource for understanding the history of American language politics and the impact that history has had on modernist aesthetic production.
Discussing Deaf and disability studies in these unexpected contexts highlights the contributions the field can make to broader discussions of the intersections between images, bodies, and text. ... Read more
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Brenda Brueggemann,author of Deaf Subjects: Between Identities and Places Exciting and original, Rebecca Sanchez remakes our understanding twentieth-century American literature through the frame of American Sign Language. Offering fresh and brilliant insights,Deafening ... Read more