Martin Atherton Bücher

Focusing on the significance of deaf clubs, this book offers a pioneering analysis of their role in fostering a distinct deaf community in Britain and beyond. It explores how these social gatherings helped define and celebrate shared experiences of deafness, challenging traditional views of deafness as merely a disability. Drawing on insights from the British Deaf News, the study highlights the communal identity formed through leisure activities, particularly in north-west England during the late twentieth century. This work appeals to scholars of disability, cultural history, and community studies.

A case study of deaf people's leisure in England within a wider British context and gives insights into a misunderstood, misrepresented community. It questions perceptions of deafness as a disability and shows the importance of shared leisure in community formation and how changing patterns of socialisation are affecting British society. -- .