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Revista Ciencias de la Salud
Print version ISSN 1692-7273On-line version ISSN 2145-4507
Abstract
DIAZ CASTILLO, Luz Ángela and MUNOZ BORJA, Patricia. Gender and disability implications in subjectivity and identity construction. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2005, vol.3, n.2, pp.156-167. ISSN 1692-7273.
The objective was to explore the concept of gender as a category of historical, political, social- cultural construction and its relation with the concept of disability with the purpose of demonstrate the urgency to define the implications that this relation has in the construction of identity and subjectivity of disability persons. Methodology: A qualitative study of cut is presented fenomenological by middle of documentary revision with all the scientific severity required for this. Results: The category of gender is construed as social-cultural and historical product that influences the construction of the identity and the subjectivity from sexlinked bodies. Conclusion: The relation between the categories gender and disability and its importance in the construction of identity and subjectivity.
Keywords : Gender identity; body; disability; sex; power; disability gender.