Deafness, Community and Culture in Britain - Leisure and Cohesion, 194595

Informationen zum Autor Martin Atherton is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire Klappentext A case study of deaf people's leisure in England within a wider British context and gives insights into a misunderstood, misrepresented community. It questions perceptions of deafness as a disability and shows the importance of shared leisure in community formation and how changing patterns of socialisation are affecting British society. Zusammenfassung A case study of deaf people's leisure in England within a wider British context and gives insights into a misunderstood! misrepresented community. It questions perceptions of deafness as a disability and shows the importance of shared leisure in community formation and how changing patterns of socialisation are affecting British society. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Defining the deaf community and deaf culture in Britain3. The development of deaf clubs in Britain4. Sustaining communities through shared leisure and sport5. British Deaf News: a window on the deaf world6. Communal deaf leisure in post-war Britain7. Leisure and sport in north-west England since 19458. The leisure lives of deaf people in north-west England, 1945-959. Leisure in the deaf community: more than just passing the timeSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Dea Atherton, Martin Atherton, Atherton Martin
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2016
• EAN: 9780719099786
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9978-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Disability History; Disability History Mup; Disability History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Disability: social aspects, Medical Sociology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)