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Disability in Different Cultures

Reflections on Local Concepts
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 2015

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Edition
1/2015
Copyright Year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-3-933127-40-2
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-0040-1
Publisher
transcript, Bielefeld
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
Volume
0
Language
English
Pages
388
Product Type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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  1. FrontmatterPages 1 - 4
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  2. ContentsPages 5 - 8
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  3. IntroductionPages 9 - 24
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  4. Stigma or Sacredness. Notes on Dealing with Disability in an Andean CulturePages 27 - 43
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  5. Everyone Has Something to Give. Living with Disability in Juchitán, Oaxaca, MexicoPages 44 - 57
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  6. Defining the Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Persons with Disability in the Fatick Region, Senegal, and the Mono Region, BeninPages 58 - 77
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  7. Folklore Based Analysis for a Culture-Specific Concept of Inclusive EducationPages 78 - 87
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  8. Blindness in South and East Asia: Using History to Inform DevelopmentPages 88 - 101
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  9. Some Cultural Representations of Disability in Jordan: Concepts and BeliefsPages 102 - 113
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  10. Bio-Medical versus Indigenous Approaches to DisabilityPages 114 - 121
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  11. The Use of Non-Western Approaches for Special Education in the Western World. A Cross-Cultural ApproachPages 122 - 132
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  12. Meanings of Disability for Culturally Diverse and Immigrant Families of Children with DisabilitiesPages 135 - 145
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  13. Social Welfare or Socio-Political Entitlement: Disabled People Caught between the Poles of Their Tunisian Origin and Acculturative PressuresPages 146 - 153
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  14. The Problem of Special-Educational Advancement of Children from Migrant Families - Integrative Help in the Regular Schools to Prevent Multiple Processes of Social SeparationPages 154 - 166
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  15. Local Knowledge and International Collaboration in Disability ProgramsPages 169 - 177
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  16. Possibilities for Working with Cultural Knowledge in the Rehabilitation of Mine Victims in Luena, AngolaPages 178 - 191
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  17. Socio-Cultural Representation of Disability in Target Groups of Rehabilitation Work: Examples from Handicap International ProjectsPages 192 - 198
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  18. Incorporation of Knowledge of Social and Cultural Factors in the Practice of Rehabilitation ProjectsPages 199 - 207
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  19. The Importance of Cultural Context in Training for CBR and Other Community Disability ServicesPages 208 - 221
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  20. Western(ised) Personnel from the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects versus Local CulturesPages 222 - 233
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  21. Differing Perceptions of the Principle of Parent Participation: Implications for Asian Families of Children with DisabilitiesPages 234 - 241
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  22. Formal Handling Routines. Child Rearing Practices in Jamaica and Their Relevance to Rehabilitation WorkPages 242 - 248
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  23. Meeting Women''s Needs. Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Practice of Rehabilitation ProjectsPages 251 - 267
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  24. "We don''t need to be cured first in order to live": Self-Help in Oaxaca, Mexico (An Account of an Interviw with German Perez Cruz)Pages 268 - 273
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  25. The Pan-African Movement of People with DisabilitiesPages 274 - 276
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  26. Self-Determined Living in GermanyPages 277 - 282
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  27. General Issues in Research on Local Concepts and Beliefs about DisabilityPages 285 - 296
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  28. Developing Local Concepts of Disability: Cultural Theory and Research ProspectsPages 297 - 302
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  29. Towards a Methodology for Dis-ability Research among Ethno-Cultural MinoritiesPages 303 - 313
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  30. Disability Research in Cultural Contexts: Beyond Methods and TechniquesPages 314 - 322
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  31. Some Thoughts on Definitions and a Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research Pertaining to DisabilityPages 323 - 331
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  32. Issues of Disability Assessment in War ZonesPages 332 - 342
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  33. The Participatory Rapid Appraisal Method of Research on Cultural Representations of Disability in JordanPages 343 - 351
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  34. Using Historical Anthropology to Think DisabilityPages 352 - 380
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  35. AuthorsPages 381 - 388
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