American Signs
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American Signs
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Author : Lisa Mahar-Keplinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
American Signs written by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
The roadside sign is an American icon: a glowing evocation of the golden age of the open road. Yet signs, more than nostalgic symbols, are complex pieces of design that reflect signmakers' ambitions and intentions, reveal cultural and economic trends, and stand as evidence of vernacular traditions. American Signs combines text and image to analyze the motel signs of Route 66 -- their concept and influences, typestyle and color choice, form and composition, context and placement. With its insightful writing, clear graphic diagrams, and hundreds of contemporary and historic images, American Signs is a singular reading experience and a groundbreaking study. Book jacket.
Signs Across America
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Author : Edgar H. Shroyer
language : en
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Release Date : 1984
Signs Across America written by Edgar H. Shroyer and has been published by Gallaudet University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Signs Across America provides a fascinating and unique look at regional variations in American Sign Language. The authors contacted native signers in 25 states to find out their signs for 130 selected words. The results--more than 1,200 signs--are illustrated in this book. It is an invaluable reference for teachers of American Sign Language that explores the subtle differences in signs from different geographic areas.
Italian Signs American Streets
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Author : Fred L. Gardaphé
language : en
Publisher: New Americanists
Release Date : 1996
Italian Signs American Streets written by Fred L. Gardaphé and has been published by New Americanists this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the first major critical reading of Italian American narrative literature in two decades, Fred L. Gardaphé presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. Examining works from the turn of the twentieth century to the present, he develops a new perspective--variously historical, philosophical, and cultural--by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention. Gardaphé draws on Vico's concept of history, as well as the work of Gramsci, to establish a culture-specific approach to reading Italian American literature. He begins his historical reading with narratives informed by oral traditions, primarily autobiography and autobiographical fiction written by immigrants. From these earliest social-realist narratives, Gardaphé traces the evolution of this literature through tales of "the godfather" and the mafia; the "reinvention of ethnicity" in works by Helen Barolini, Tina DeRosa, and Carole Maso; the move beyond ethnicity in fiction by Don DeLillo and Gilbert Sorrentino; to the short fiction of Mary Caponegro, which points to a new direction in Italian American writing. The result is both an ethnography of Italian American narrative and a model for reading the signs that mark the "self-fashioning" inherent in literary and cultural production. Italian Signs, American Streets promises to become a landmark in the understanding of literature and culture produced by Italian Americans. It will be of interest not only to students, critics, and scholars of this ethnic experience, but also to those concerned with American literature in general and the place of immigrant and ethnic literatures within that wide framework.
Forbidden Signs
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Author : Douglas C. Baynton
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996
Forbidden Signs written by Douglas C. Baynton and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The ensuing debate over sign language invoked such fundamental questions as what distinguished Americans from non-Americans, civilized people from "savages," humans from animals, men from women, the natural from the unnatural, and the normal from the abnormal. An advocate of the return to sign language, Baynton found that although the grounds of the debate have shifted, educators still base decisions on many of the same metaphors and images that led to the misguided efforts to eradicate sign language. "Baynton's brilliant and detailed history, Forbidden Signs, reminds us that debates over the use of dialects or languages are really the linguistic tip of a mostly submerged argument about power, social control, nationalism, who has the right to speak and who has the right to control modes of speech."—Lennard J. Davis, The Nation "Forbidden Signs is replete with good things."—Hugh Kenner, New York Times Book Review
In Between Identities Signs Of Islam In Contemporary American Writing
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Author : John Waldmeir
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-09-11
In Between Identities Signs Of Islam In Contemporary American Writing written by John Waldmeir and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Art categories.
Using Islamic tradition as a resource, the poets, novelists, playwright, filmmaker, and illustrator in this study discover signs of God’s creative actions amid the tensions of contemporary Muslim American identity.
Signs Of The Americas
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Author : Edgar Garcia
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2020-01-23
Signs Of The Americas written by Edgar Garcia and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
Indigenous sign-systems, such as pictographs, petroglyphs, hieroglyphs, and khipu, are usually understood as relics from an inaccessible past. That is far from the truth, however, as Edgar Garcia makes clear in Signs of the Americas. Rather than being dead languages, these sign-systems have always been living, evolving signifiers, responsive to their circumstances and able to continuously redefine themselves and the nature of the world. Garcia tells the story of the present life of these sign-systems, examining the contemporary impact they have had on poetry, prose, visual art, legal philosophy, political activism, and environmental thinking. In doing so, he brings together a wide range of indigenous and non-indigenous authors and artists of the Americas, from Aztec priests and Amazonian shamans to Simon Ortiz, Gerald Vizenor, Jaime de Angulo, Charles Olson, Cy Twombly, Gloria Anzaldúa, William Burroughs, Louise Erdrich, Cecilia Vicuña, and many others. From these sources, Garcia depicts the culture of a modern, interconnected hemisphere, revealing that while these “signs of the Americas” have suffered expropriation, misuse, and mistranslation, they have also created their own systems of knowing and being. These indigenous systems help us to rethink categories of race, gender, nationalism, and history. Producing a new way of thinking about our interconnected hemisphere, this ambitious, energizing book redefines what constitutes a “world” in world literature.
Sign Painters
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Author : Faythe Levine
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2013-07-02
Sign Painters written by Faythe Levine and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-02 with Art categories.
There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine, coauthor of Handmade Nation, and Sam Macon began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honored methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features stories and photographs of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States. With a foreword by legendary artist (and former sign painter) Ed Ruscha, this vibrant book profiles sign painters young and old, from the new vanguard working solo to collaborative shops such as San Francisco s New Bohemia Signs and New York s Colossal Media s Sky High Murals.
Learn American Sign Language
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Author : James W. Guido
language : en
Publisher: Wellfleet Press
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Learn American Sign Language written by James W. Guido and has been published by Wellfleet Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Here is the ultimate guide to learning American Sign Language including finger spelling, numbers, inflections, hand shapes.
The American Boys Book Of Signs Signals And Symbols
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Author : Daniel Carter Beard
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2018-02-06
The American Boys Book Of Signs Signals And Symbols written by Daniel Carter Beard and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with History categories.
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A Historical And Etymological Dictionary Of American Sign Language
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Author : Emily Shaw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
A Historical And Etymological Dictionary Of American Sign Language written by Emily Shaw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY categories.
"Dictionary of all know texts featuring illustrations of early American Sign Language and historical images of French Sign language and linking them with contemporary signs"--