Its History and Structure
Paperback Edition
Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Joseph Hill
In collaboration with Roxanne Dummett, Pamela Baldwin, and Randall Hogue
Foreword by Glenn B. Anderson
May 2020
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“The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL offers readers unique insights regarding Black American Sign Language in vivid social, historical, and linguistic detail. Informed by universal linguistic principles, the authors offer carefully crafted observations and analyses that will be of interest to anyone who studies human language.”
Black ASL has long been recognized as a distinct variety of American Sign Language based on abundant anecdotal evidence. The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL, originally published in 2011, presents the first sociohistorical and linguistic study of this language variety. Based on the findings of the Black ASL Project, which undertook this unprecedented research, Hidden Treasure documents the stories and language of the African American Deaf community. With links to online supplemental video content that includes interviews with Black ASL users (formerly on DVD), this volume is a groundbreaking scholarly contribution and a powerful affirmation for Black Deaf people.
This paperback edition includes an updated foreword by Glenn B. Anderson, a new preface that reflects on the impact of this research, and an expanded list of references and resources on Black ASL.
The supplemental video content is available online at the Gallaudet University Press YouTube Channel. Under Playlists, click “The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Companion Video to the Book.”
The authors and their work are featured in the film Signing Black in America: The Story of Black ASL, produced by The Language & Life Project at North Carolina State University (Dr. Walt Wolfram, Executive Producer). Look for it on PBS or purchase the DVD here.
Find out more about the Black ASL Project here.
Get information and resources on Black ASL here.
Carolyn McCaskill is Professor in the Department of ASL and Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University.
Ceil Lucas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.
Robert Bayley is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis.
Joseph Hill is Assistant Professor of ASL and Interpreting Education at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Paperback
ISBN 978-1-944838-72-0
228 pages. 6 x 9. 51 tables, 35 figures.
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Ebook
ISBN 978-1-944838-74-4
$35.00