Outsiders in a Hearing World

A Sociology of Deafness

von Paul C. Higgins

206 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The deaf are outsiders in a world largely created and controlled by those who hear. Based on intensive interviewing, observation, and the personal experience of the author (whose parents are deaf), Outsiders in a Hearing World examines the lives of deaf people within a social and historical context. It examines the communities created by deaf people and the identities of their members, and describes and analyzes the everyday interactions between the deaf and the hearing. Drawing on the works concerning other outsiders, this book not only increases our understanding of deafness and the deaf, but of outsiders in general.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie
• ISBN: 9780803914223
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.1981
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc