Outsiders in a Hearing World: A Sociology of Deafness

by Paul C. Higgins

Book 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803914210
• ISBN13: 9780803914216
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 8.0"