Songs at Twilight - A Narrative Exploration of Living with a Visual Impairment and the Effect this has on Claims to Identity (Paperback, Unabridged edition)

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 to identity. The dynamic research process is shown as a social construction of lived experience where questions of identity are addressed through conversation and narrative. Sighted assumptions about blindness are challenged as the author and contributors discuss aspects of diagnosis and treatment, education, employment, societal attitudes towards blindness, relationships, treatment possibilities, emotional support (including counselling) and emancipatory research practices.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	June 2011
Authors:	Susan Dale
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With dust jacket
Pages:	260
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-2917-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Promotions
LSN:	1-4438-2917-X
Barcode:	9781443829175

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