Cyborgs and Fox Wives

Interrogating Sign Language Ideologies and Moving Toward Survival, Resistance and Resilience

Authors

  • Joanne Weber Canada Research Council Chair (Tier 2) – Deaf Education Faculty of Education University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v10i1.729

Abstract

Using an arts based posthumanist lens, (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987; jagodzinski & Wallin, 2013) I examine my evolving beliefs about American Sign Language (ASL) through the analysis of arts based data (poetry) (Leavy, 2015). Central to my analysis is an examination of Western domination and control of the language used by ‘othered’ communities through the imposition of dualisms, binaries and categories in sign language ideologies (Canagarajah, 2013). This exploration traces the evolution of sign language ideologies embraced by the deaf cyborg subject featured in the poetry volume as she explores ways to survive and resist the effects of a monolingual language ideology embedded in an imaginary assemblage containing intra-actions between human, animal, earth and machine (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987).

Author Biography

Joanne Weber, Canada Research Council Chair (Tier 2) – Deaf Education Faculty of Education University of Alberta

Canada Research Council Chair (Tier 2) – Deaf Education Faculty of Education
University of Alberta

Published

2021-03-04

How to Cite

Weber, J. (2021). Cyborgs and Fox Wives: Interrogating Sign Language Ideologies and Moving Toward Survival, Resistance and Resilience. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 10(1), 54–83. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v10i1.729

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