Outsiders in a Hearing World: A Sociology of Deafness / Edition 1

by Paul C. Higgins

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803914223
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/01/1981
Series:	Sociological Observations , #10
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)