Atherton Deafness, community and culture in Britain

Leisure and cohesion, 1945–95
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2967-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Disability History

Sets a case study of deaf people’s leisure in NW England within a wider British context; gives insights into a misunderstood, misrepresented community; questions perceptions of deafness as a disability; shows the importance of shared leisure in community formation and how changing patterns of socialisation are affecting British society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Atherton, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Defining the deaf community and deaf culture in Britain
3. The development of deaf clubs in Britain
4. Sustaining communities through shared leisure and sport
5. British Deaf News: a window on the deaf world
6. Communal deaf leisure in post-war Britain
7. Leisure and sport in north-west England since 1945
8. The leisure lives of deaf people in north-west England, 1945–95
9. Leisure in the deaf community: more than just passing the time
Select bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Atherton Martin:
Martin Atherton is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Deaf Studies at the University of Central LancashireMartin Atherton is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire