Translating disability in a Muslim community: a case of modular translation.

This study examines how Muslim religious leaders (imams) introduce the liberal notion of disability to their communities in Israel. The project described, initiated and supported by an American NGO, provides a case for exploring how the secular notion of disability rights is cast and recast in a Mus...

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Publicado en:Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 133 - 160
Autor principal: Mizrachi, Nissim
Formato: case study Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2014
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