Deaf Culture: Finding Deaf Literature

ASL Literature - A collection of texts (e.g., poetry, stories, essays, plays) in ASL. ASL literature is broader than Deaf literature and can include Deaf literature if it is signed in ASL. ASL literature does not necessarily always include Deaf literature (experience, culture).

Deaf Literature - A collection of English and ASL, such as printed writings, and video published text such as poetry, stories, essays, and plays that reflect a Deaf culture and Deaf experience. Some people consider Deaf literature to include all genres of both ASL literature and written English literature about the deaf/Deaf experience, so a distinction may be made to specify this collection of English writings as "Deaf English literature" and ASL video publication as "Deaf ASL literature."

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