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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
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Presents a unique collection of essays focusing on the literary, social and performative aspects of American Sign Languagne. The work of a renowned and diverse group of Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars, including Ben Bahan, Peter Cook, & Freda Norman, are showcased in their original form then examined and discussed. New insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the Deaf community is presented and the scope of the...
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The Amaryllis Theater Company in Philadelphia, directed by Peter Novak, performs William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in ASL (with English voiceover). The DVD also features optional captions and a menu of each act and scene. Additional materials, including lesson plans, play synopsis, character names in ASL, themes of Twelfth Night, a downloadable and printable copy of the play, essays about Shakespeare's life and career, ASL translation issues,...
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The challenge of an ABC story is to use letters of the manual alphabet, in alphabetical order, to tell a story. This DVD presents ten stories, each one presented three times: first at regular speed ; second in slow motion ; and a third time at regular speed. Recommended for sign language and interpreter education programs and an invaluable tool in assisting Deaf students gain a new and deeper appreciation of a unique form of sign language entertainment....
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The definitive commentary on the life's work of Bernard Bragg, expert storyteller and performer, key figure in founding the National Theatre of the Deaf, staunch advocate for ASL and Deaf education, all shared by none other than the man himself. Bragg on Bragg mixes a collection of classic to modern video clips and provides appropriate, accompanying narration. Although entertaining, this commentary manages to provide the vision and achievements...
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One of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories. Chilling story of prolonged torment and torture during the Spanish Inquisition. You've been left alone in the dark? Or reaching out into the darkness ... are you really alone? The story has been told in American Sign Language by master story-signer Patrick Graybill.
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One of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories. Classic tale of how past abuse and cruelty can continue to haunt us and to rule our imaginations. The cat is gone, but does this sense of guilt and remorse come from outside or from within? The story has been told in American Sign Language by master story-signer Patrick Graybill.
10) Wild, wild wits
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Join the Little Theatre of the Deaf as they play with ASL and English in a comical presentation based on Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories". You are invited to listen with your eyes and be surprised at what you can see.
18) Telling stories
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Using symbols and myths drawn from the struggles between the world of the deaf and the world of the hearing, this nonverbal, gestural play fascinates audiences regardless of their knowledge of deafness or sign language.
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Performed by deaf actors using ASL, this presentation of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale was an award winning PBS television special. A handsome, but vain, prince falls under a spell that only can be lifted by Beauty's love. Is it possible that the brooding, dreaded beast can win the heart of the enchanting, headstrong beauty?
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