Deafening Modernism: Embodied Language and Visual Poetics in American Literature

'deafening Modernism' Tells The Story Of Modernism From The Perspective Of Deaf Critical Insight. Working To Develop A Critical Deaf Theory Independent Of Identity-based Discourse, Rebecca Sanchez Excavates The Intersections Between Deaf And Modernist Studies. She Traces The Ways That Deaf Culture, History, Linguistics, And Literature Provide A Vital And Largely Untapped Resource For Understanding The History Of American Language Politics And The Impact That History Has Had On Modernist Aesthetic Production.