TY - ABST T1 - “Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf” Y1 - 2013 A1 - Kelsey [M.] Young KW - Deaf author KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

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' 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.”

PB - Gallaudet University CY - Washington, DC U5 -

Non-circulating at Gallaudet University Library, but the text is available online through the library catalog.

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