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Being and belonging as Deaf South Africans: Multiple identities in SASL poetry

The four articles in this cluster are the first body of research on South African Sign Language (SASL) poetry – a body of creative works composed and performed visually by Deaf South African poets. These articles draw on a collection of poems from the Signing Hands Across the Water 2 (SHAW 2), an international sign language poetry festival that took place in Johannesburg in April 2014.

Title: Being and belonging as Deaf South Africans: Multiple identities in SASL poetry
Authors: Morgan, Ruth
Kaneko, Michiko
Year: 2017
Periodical: African Studies (ISSN 1469-2872)
Volume: 76
Issue: 3
Pages: 320-336
Language: English
Geographic term: South Africa
Abbreviation: SASL=South African Sign Language
External link: https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1346342
Abstract: The four articles in this cluster are the first body of research on South African Sign Language (SASL) poetry – a body of creative works composed and performed visually by Deaf South African poets. These articles draw on a collection of poems from the Signing Hands Across the Water 2 (SHAW 2), an international sign language poetry festival that took place in Johannesburg in April 2014.