Deafness, community and culture in Britain

Martin Atherton is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire

• 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

‘Although the focus of Deafness, Community and Culture in Britain is on deaf communities, clubs and leisure pursuits, the book’s thorough account of the diverse issues involved in community identity and the development of clubs and the impact of modern digital communication will be of interest to those engaged with social and cultural history, disability studies and the provision of community services more widely. The contextualisation of the results from quantitative analysis of the data from deaf newspapers provides an alternative perspective for examining hearing-related difficulties and interventions.’Bonnie Millar, Disability and Society Vol 32, 2017 – Issue 3'This work is certainly a conversation starter and is a welcome addition to the field of deaf history.'H-Net Reviews