{"product_id":"9781563684203","title":"Whispers of a Savage Sort: And Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Oh, why can’t the deaf community be more like a family?” is the plaint of a character in Raymond Luczak’s title play \u003ci\u003eWhispers of a Savage Sort\u003c\/i\u003e. It also goes far in characterizing the main thread that runs through his remarkable collection of work offered in this new volume. \u003ci\u003eWhispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e presents a progression of plays that depict Deaf people in situations well-known by the community’s members. Written to be signing-driven, these plays feature Deaf characters from the various strata of Deaf society. Each play centers on different yet equally familiar issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnooty\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the difficulties of surviving the social pecking order in a deaf residential school. The main character’s only escape is a rich fantasy life in which he is in control. \u003ci\u003eDoogle\u003c\/i\u003e confronts its characters with the intrusion of technological communication devices parallel to the virtually forced intimacy of such a small, close community. Brought into stark focus by the specter of AIDS, \u003ci\u003eLove in My Veins\u003c\/i\u003e explores how trust, betrayal, and ultimately forgiveness can transform a Deaf couple’s love for each other in a Deaf community. The collection’s eponymous \u003ci\u003eWhispers of a Savage Sort\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the relentless damage that rumor and innuendo can do to a diverse group of Deaf individuals. The emotions, identities, and consequences created by Luczak in these dramas illuminate the Deaf American community in fascinating detail rarely seen in any medium today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallaudet University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056602792176,"sku":"9781563684203","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781563684203_p0.jpg?v=1763757649","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781563684203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}