@booklet {11410, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf{\textquotedblright}}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {279 pp. with the author{\textquoteright}s Introduction on 5-34}, publisher = {Gallaudet University }, address = {Washington, DC}, abstract = {

The following is from the author\’s abstract. The novel \“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\&$\#$39; actions. The novel itself is about a young man, Virgil G, training under the tutelage of the current Guardian of Eyeth, Shawn Wright, who ensures Eyeth doesn\&$\#$39;t stray from its original goals of being a deaf world.\”

}, keywords = {Deaf author, Female author, US author}, author = {Kelsey [M.] Young} }