Date of Award
2019-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Sociology
Advisor(s)
Aurelia L. Murga
Abstract
80% of the people living with a disability live in developing countries (WHO 2018). With this being said, there is limited social research examining the experiences of this population (Connell 2011; Meekosha 2011). This Thesis seeks to gain an understanding of the broad functions of a lower-limb prosThesis through the lived experiences of people living in México. Through the use of qualitative data collected from participants living in Oaxaca, Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Cuernavaca, the conversation on the "functionality" of a prosthetic limb has been expanded to include the social function that the prosThesis serves in the roles of navigating social spaces, social re-integration, and social pressures of living as a prosthetic limb user.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2019-12
File Size
80 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Roger Andrew Renteria
Recommended Citation
Renteria, Roger Andrew, ""Nací De Nuevo:" Examining The Functions Of A Prosthetic Limb Through The Lived Experiences Of People In México" (2019). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2893.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2893