The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled

by Robert F. Murphy

Sociology Disability Studies

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An anthropological reflection on disability, exploring how physical impairment reshapes identity, social roles, and everyday experience.

ISBN-13 9780393320428 ASIN 0393320421 Views 196 Publisher W. W. Norton & Company Year 2001 Edition (Reissue) ed. Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 256 Created March 20, 2026 Updated August 13, 2026

About This Book

The Body Silent examines the lived experience of disability through a personal and cultural lens.

It explores how physical impairment alters social interactions and identity.

The work draws on anthropological insight to discuss adaptation and perception.

Readers gain perspective on the broader societal context of disability.

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