Rebecca Sanchez

Deafening Modernism: Embodied Language and Visual Poetics in American Literature - Cultural Front Rebecca Sanchez

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: Exciting and original, Rebecca Sanchez remakes our understanding twentieth-century American literature through the frame of American Sign Language. Offering fresh and brilliant insights, Deafening Modernismwill make a significant contribution to our understanding of literary modernism, while modeling new methodological directions for disability studies scholarship. -Rachel Adams, co-editor of "Keywords for Disability Studies""Review Quotes: An extraordinary book. Superbly written, critically nuanced, and refreshingly new, Deafening Modernismwill set the standard for future disability and Deaf studies scholarship. There is truly nothing else like it. -Brenda Brueggemann, author of "Deaf Subjects: Between Identities and Places"" Contributor Bio:  Sanchez, Rebecca Rebecca Sanchez is Assistant Professor of English at Fordham University.