Blind people : the private and public life of sightless Israelis /

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Author / Creator:	Deshen, Shlomo A.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [1992] ©1992
Description:	1 online resource (x, 197 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion.
Subject:	Blind -- Israel -- Social conditions. Blind -- Israel -- Economic conditions. Blind -- Family relationships -- Israel. Blind -- Economic conditions. Blind -- Family relationships. Blind -- Social conditions. Israel. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11104623

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ISBN:	0585091145 9780585091143 9781438400907 143840090X 0791410358 9780791410356 0791410366 9780791410363
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation Deshen (anthropology, Tel-Aviv U.) approaches disabled people as though they were from a different culture. Focusing on blind Israelis, he examines how they manage a sightless body, their role in the domestic setting, how they attain material requirements, and how they cope with problems common to all people in the arenas of leisure and public affairs. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Other form:	Print version: Deshen, Shlomo A. Blind people. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1992 0791410358

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