The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393320421 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Dembert, M.D., Navy Environmental Health Ctr., Norfolk, Va.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. This powerful and eye-opening commentary is highly recommended for social scientists, health care personnel, and informed and interested laypersons. The author draws upon the relevant literature, history, sociology, anthropology, and psychology as a basis for his views and his means of coping. Mark L. Within this frameworkin which his physical self of locomotion and effect loses all functionhe rela
Extraordinary powers of observation, generalization, and depth."Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat Winner of the Columbia University Lionel Trilling Award. He reports how paralysislike all disabilitiesassaults people's identity, social standing, and ties with others, while at the same time making the love of life burn even more fiercely.. Robert Murphy was in the prime of his career as an anthropologist when he felt the first symptom of a malady that would ultimately take him on an odyssey stranger than any field trip to the : a tumor of the spinal cord that progressed slowly and irreversibly into quadriplegia. "The most powerful book of its kind I've ever read. In this gripping account, Murphy explores society's fears, myths, and misunderstandings about disability, and the damage they inflict
Robert F. Murphy (1924-1990) was professor of anthropology at Columbia University and the author of many articles and books.
Terrible, whiny, and self important. Just awful. I'd give it zero stars if I could. Had to read it for a medical anthropology class. It's actually slightly hilarious. Guy acts like his decline into handicappedness is just the worst tragedy in the history of the world. No one can relate to his troubles, blah, blah, blah.. An incredible book by an incredible person This is one of my books that I bought and put aside to read later. I don't remember how long ago I bought it but I am certainly glad that I gave it a second chance to read it before discarding it. I am now not planning to sell this book, as it is too important a volume on disability in society, and it certainly applies to the bioethical and eduethical work I do on the side of my 'regular' job of teaching and writing.Murphy is unlike me in that he came upon his disability later in life, while I was born basically deaf and remained that way for the first 13 years of my l. A Customer said I found it profound and inspiring.. I was moved by Robert Murphy's journey from the world of the well, fully functional academic anthropologist to that of the paraplegic. Murphy brings an anthropologist's scientific objectivity to his exploration of the impact of his increasing disability on his own life and that of those around him.The book reminded me, in some respects, of John Gunther's _Death_Be_Not_Proud_ which was a celebration of his son's coming to terms with his own illness and looming death from a brain tumor.Like Gunther, Murphy shares with us insights into the human condition that are not oth