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Ania (Poland)

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Hi :) I'm hearing but I'm interested in Deaf culture and I 'd like to find out as much as possible about it. (I'm trying to write my thesis about it but it doesn't go too well :( ) I've read somewhere that
'deaf poetry uses hand gestures to symbolize rhymed words'.
Could anyone tell me something more about it because I'm not quite sure how should I understand this...
 
Do you understand ASL? There was a video blog that illustrated this with a nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." Sorry to say, it's not subtitled. If you do understand ASL, I will go and dig it up for you.
 
Unfortunately, I don't understand ASL :( Do you think there is any way I could understand how it works (I mean rhyming) without knowing ASL?
 
Ania (Poland) said:
Unfortunately, I don't understand ASL :( Do you think there is any way I could understand how it works (I mean rhyming) without knowing ASL?
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You could read books about ASL and deaf culture.

ASL Books
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Conversational-Language-Illustrated/dp/1592572553/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255020091&sr=1-4]Amazon.com: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated (0021898572554): Carole Lazorisak, Dawn Donohue: Books[/ame]
(people - list your recommendations here)

Deaf Culture (books)
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Into-Deaf-World-Harlan-Lane/dp/0915035634/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255019937&sr=8-22]Amazon.com: A Journey Into the Deaf-World (9780915035632): Harlan Lane, Robert Hoffmeister, Ben Bahan: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-People-Only-Matthew-Moore/dp/0963401637/ref=pd_sim_b_5]Amazon.com: For Hearing People Only (9780963401632): Matthew S. Moore, Linda Levitan: Books[/ame]


DVD
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Through-Deaf-Eyes-Linda-Gabriel/dp/B000OCY66I/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1255019980&sr=8-5]Amazon.com: Through Deaf Eyes: Linda Gabriel, Stockard Channing, Ed Chevy, Rita Corey, d'Artagnan, Bob Hiltermann, C.J. Jones, Steve Longo, Allen Moore, John Baynard, Kimby Caplan, Diane Garey, Lawrence R. Hott, Dalton Delan, Karen Kenton, Rebecca Ri[/ame]
 
Thanks for help :) I'll try to get them. If anyone could recommend any other sources (especially those available on-line), I'll be very grateful. :)
 
for ASL poetry and literature, this is the definitive text: [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Signing-Body-Poetic-American-Literature/dp/0520229762/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255191909&sr=8-1]Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature [/ame]
 
I am happy for references, too; I have some of those but was not aware of the Signing the Body.... one, I would especially love to get that-
 
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