Deaf American Literature - From Canival to the Canon : From Carnival to the Canon

Acknowledgments vii Is There Really Such a Thing as Deaf American Literature? 1(16) Carnival: Orature and Deaf American Literature 17(15) Deaf Carnivals as Centers of Culture 32(20) The Oral Tradition: Deaf American Storytellers as Tricksters 52(26) Literary Night: The Restorative Power of Comedic and Grotesque Literature 78(18) Deaf American Theater 96(25) Islay: The Deaf American Novel 121(26) Poetry 147(26) From Orature to Literature: The New Permanence of ASL Literature 173(28) Conclusion 201(6) Index 207