South of Deafness
Deafness and Modern Fiction of the US South
$54.39
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2027
Summary
Although the US South is often described as having a culture of the voice, South of Deafness: Deafness and Modern Fiction of the US South draws on deafness studies to imagine an alternate South composed of those who do not fit into its oral and aural boundaries. This book explores deafness in modern Southern fiction, which has both shaped and been shaped by the way our dominant culture “hears” deaf people. Too often the critical tendency in reading fictional portrayals of deafness has …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496859631 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1496859634 |
| Author: | Gary M. Ciuba |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Gary M. Ciuba
Gary M. Ciuba (1956–2024) was a long-time professor of English at Kent State University and author of Walker Percy: Books of Revelations and Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction: Katherine Anne Porter, Flannery O’Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Walker Percy. The latter work won the 2008 C. Hugh Holman Award, given by the Society for the Study of Southern Literature for the best work in Southern literary criticism.
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