Seeking Dignity and Independence: Toward an Ethnography of Blindness in Israel.

Deshen, S.; Deshen, H.

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ERIC Number: EJ355559

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Publication Date: 1987

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Seeking Dignity and Independence: Toward an Ethnography of Blindness in Israel.

Deshen, S.; Deshen, H.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v81 n5 p209-12 May 1987

Case material from an anthropological field study of 57 blind adults in Tel-Aviv is used to illustrate the contradictions that blind Israelis face in the current transitional period from traditional segregation and dependent roles to an indeterminate type of integration and independence. (Author/JW)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Blindness, Disability Discrimination, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Human Dignity, Normalization (Handicapped), Personal Autonomy, Social Adjustment, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel (Tel Aviv)

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