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Eyeth: a novel for the deaf
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279 pp.; 28 cm.
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Capstones 2013
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Title
Eyeth: a novel for the deaf
Type
Paper Presented
Creator
Young, Kelsey
Accessioned
2014-09-15T19:08:48Z
Available
2014-09-15T19:08:48Z
Issued
2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
Created
2014-09-15T00:00:00Z
Abstract
Kelsey Young’s science fiction novel Eyeth, to use Tom Humphries’ phrase, is important for deaf literature because it exemplifies “culture talking” not the proof (“talking culture”) of a monolithic culture apart from the mainstream but complex deaf life on its own terms. It also focuses on a wide range of deaf people involved in intra-deafcentric conflicts; deaf sub-‐groups include a range of communication preferences (speaking, cued speech, signing) as well as multiple physical differences (deaf-blind, cerebral palsy, wheelchair users) though not ethnic diversity. A critical introduction to the novel explains that science fiction allows the creation of a world that does not exist as a real physical place and allows exploration of intra-‐group issues that a mainstream context of oppression of all deaf people obscures. The introduction also relates a discussion of the countries on Eyeth to colonialism and post-colonialism theory to provide a framework to the reader for the subsequent analysis of how Eyeth uses but also subverts colonialist thinking through characters’ actions. The novel itself is about a young man, Virgil G, training under the tutelage of the current Guardian of Eyeth, Shawn Wright, who ensures Eyeth doesn’t stray from its original goals of being a deaf world.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1961/16855
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/
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