Breaking the silence. Family ties and social networks of the deaf. A case study of East Flanders, Belgium, 1750–1950
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12447152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | SOFIE DE VEIRMAN (Ghent University Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 446-468 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The History of the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1081602x.2014.963638 |
| OpenAlex | W2080379878 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In this article the social networks and family ties of a pre-industrial (married and/or died between 1770 and 1850) and industrial (married and/or died between 1850 and 1950) cohort of deaf men and women are compared to each other and to a cohort of non-disabled siblings. The aim is to assess the extent to which the deaf participated in a full-fledged manner in family and social life and to evaluate the ways in which their social networks changed as a result of nineteenth-century industrialisation processes. The extent of social integration is deduced from the profile of the witnesses registered in marriage and death certificates. In the absence of personal testimonies of social experiences, demographic sources are invaluable for providing a glimpse of the everyday social life of ordinary people in the past. In combination with historical records identifying disabled individuals, this research is a first attempt to study the social opportunities of an up-until-now often forgotten, but nevertheless integral part of society: the disabled. Based on the analysis of the witnesses, this article argues that in the course of the nineteenth century deaf individuals became less embedded in their social environment and their relationship with their family weakened. The minority of married deaf persons, however, expressed a much higher connectedness with family
Aesthetics · Cohort · Everyday life · Industrialisation · Interpersonal ties · Political science · Silence · Social connectedness · Social integration · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Law · Medicine · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |