Gimp Anthropology: Non-Apparent Disabilities and Navigating the Social

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dc.contributor.advisorFaubion, James D.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGeorges, Eugenia
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNinetto, Amy
dc.creatorOrlando, Rebekah
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:47:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:47:22Z
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:47:20Z
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:47:22Z
dc.date.created2012-05
dc.date.issued2012-09-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2012
dc.date.updated2012-09-06T04:47:22Z
dc.description.abstractIndividuals with non-apparent, physical disabilities face unique social challenges from those that are encountered by the more visibly disabled. The absence of visible cues indicating physical impairment causes ambiguity in social situations, leaving the sufferer vulnerable to moral judgments and social sanctions when they are unable to embody and perform to cultural norms. This dynamic generates a closeted status that the individual must learn to navigate. Using Eve Sedgwick's "The Epistemology of the Closet," this paper deploys auto-ethnography, traditional ethnographic techniques, and literature reviews to illuminate a third space of functioning between the outwardly 'healthy' and the visibly disabled.
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dc.identifier.citationOrlando, Rebekah. "Gimp Anthropology: Non-Apparent Disabilities and Navigating the Social." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64712">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64712</a>.
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-05-190
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64712
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectFibromyalgia
dc.subjectChronic fatigue syndrome
dc.subjectInvisible disabilities
dc.subjectHidden disabilities
dc.subjectQueer disabled
dc.subjectDisability studies
dc.subjectSocio-cultural anthropology
dc.titleGimp Anthropology: Non-Apparent Disabilities and Navigating the Social
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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