Deafness, community and culture in Britain: Leisure and cohesion, 1945–95
ISBN: 9781526129673
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Manchester University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: History ; Health Sciences;

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.

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


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