Martin Atherton

Deafness, community and culture in Britain

Leisure and cohesion, 1945-95

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780719099786
• ISBN-10: 0719099781
• Artikelnr.: 42786563

Autorenporträt

Martin Atherton is Retired Course Leader for British Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire

Inhaltsangabe

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