Songs at twilight : a narrative exploration of living with a visual impairment and the effect this has on claims to identity / by Susan Dale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dale, Susan (Susan Elizabeth)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with visual disabilities--Psychology.

People with visual disabilities.

People with visual disabilities--Attitudes.

Vision disorders--Psychological aspects.

Vision disorders.

Depersonalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The majority of research and writing about visual impairment is influenced by medical models of understanding, and is usually undertaken by sighted experts about those who are visually impaired. Songs at Twilight takes a different stance and uses a collaborative narrative methodology to enable the author, who is visually impaired, and thirty contributors, who are also visually impaired, to explore their experiences of living with a visual impairment and the effect this has had on their claims...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; PART 1; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART 2; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART 3; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-14306-2

1-4438-3068-2

9786613143068

OCLC:

830167781