Sociocultural aspects of blindness in an Egyptian delta hamlet

Visual impairment vs. visual disability

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2150992
AutoresD Lane (0000-0001-9909-8172, University of California, San Francisco, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano1993
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas245-260
Data de publicação1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.1993.9966093
PMID8114621
OpenAlexW2017248557
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências 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