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Author Young, Alys, author

Title Approaches to social research : the case of deaf studies / Alys Young, Bogusia Temple
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 199 pages)
Series Perspectives on deafness
Perspectives on deafness.
Contents Introduction to the book : its scope and approach -- Definitions and transgressions -- Epistemology, methodology and method in Temple, Bogusia. -- Ethical research practice in studies which involve deaf people -- Populations and sampling -- Narrative, epistemology and language -- Interpretation, transcription and translation : representation in research -- The impact of information and communication technologies on research with deaf people -- (in)conclusion
Summary In Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies, Alys Young and Bogusia Temple explore the relationship between key methodological debates in social research and the special context of studies concerning d/Deaf people(s). The book is organized around 7 topics: being d/Deaf as a site of contested identity and representation; epistemology and the boundaries of claims for population specific and plural epistemologies; ethics and the implications of collective identity on standard ethical principles and practices; populations and sampling given the highly heterogeneous nature of d/Deaf
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Social sciences -- Research.
Social sciences -- Methodology.
Deaf -- Research
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Deaf -- Research
Social sciences -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Temple, Bogusia, author
ISBN 9780199929542
0199929548