Sociocultural aspects of blindness in an Egyptian delta hamlet

Visual impairment vs. visual disability

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2150992
AutoresD Lane (0000-0001-9909-8172, University of California, San Francisco, autor de correspondencia), Sandra D Lane, Blanche I Mikhail (California State University, Bakersfield), Alice Reizian (Alexandria University), Paul Courtright (0000-0002-0997-347X, San Francisco Foundation), Rani Marx (0000-0003-0889-2149), Chandler R Dawson (University of California, San Francisco)
Año1993
Volumen15
Número3
Páginas245-260
Fecha de publicación1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.1993.9966093
PMID8114621
OpenAlexW2017248557
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas15

Through ophthalmological exams, structured interviews and participant observation, this study examines the experience of blindness in rural Egypt, and finds that villagers' subjective assessments of their vision differ substantially from ophthalmic measurements of their vision. Individuals with profound visual loss remain independent in their daily activities and contribute to their families' subsistence. While they may agree that they have "weak eyesight," they do not perceive themselves to be disabled. Stigmatizing attitudes that the blind are completely dependent and unable to fulfill their social roles further encourage those with decreased vision to deny the extent of their visual loss

Art · Blindness · Developmental psychology · Geography · HAMLET (protein complex · Literature · Psychiatry · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Visual impairment · Anthropology · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Cultural Studies · Optometry