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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464535403321

Autore

Dale Susan (Susan Elizabeth)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14306-2

1-4438-3068-2

9786613143068

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

362.4/1

362.41

Soggetti

People with visual disabilities - Psychology

People with visual disabilities - Attitudes

Vision disorders - Psychological aspects

Depersonalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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...