signmetaphor | BSL poem "Identities" by Richard Carter @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Identities" defends the rights of a deaf person to be deaf, to use sign language and to be gay. It shows anthropomorphisation as elements of his personality speak to him, and it is a poem of deaf politics and deaf identity. It was performed at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Bristol in January 2009.
For more of Richard Carter’s BSL poetry, go to bslpoetry.co.uk and facebook.com/bslpoetry
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/richardcarteridentities.pdf
Deaf poet Richard Carter's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Identities" defends the rights of a deaf person to be deaf, to use sign language and to be gay. It shows anthropomorphisation as elements of his personality speak to him, and it is a poem of deaf politics and deaf identity. It was performed at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Bristol in January 2009.
For more of Richard Carter’s BSL poetry, go to bslpoetry.co.uk and facebook.com/bslpoetry
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/richardcarteridentities.pdf
