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Fluid and Mobile Identities: Travel, Imaginaries, and Caregiving Practices among Families of Deaf Children in Mexico City

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Abstract


Instituto Pedagógico para Problemas de Lenguaje (IPPLIAP) is a deaf school in Colonia San Juan Mixcoac where Pfister conducted fi eldwork from 2012 to 2013.¹ Mixcoac, as it is colloquially known, is in central Mexico City and is the childhood home of Octavio Paz, Mexican author, poet, and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for literature. Romanticized as an independent village during Paz’s youth, Mixcoac, located approximately six miles southwest of the capital’s historical center, is now a fully incorporated Mexico City colonia (neighborhood).
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationHealthcare in Motion:
Subtitle of host publication(Im)mobilities in Health Service Delivery and Access
EditorsGinger A. Johnson, Cecillia Vindrola-Padros, Anne E. Pfister
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherBerghahn Books
Chapter4
Pages77-98
Number of pages21
Volume5
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-78533-954-7
ISBN (Print) 9781785339530
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameWorlds in Motion
Volume5

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • Health planning
  • Health services accessibility
  • Medical policy-social aspects
  • Minorities-medical care

Disciplines

  • Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Sociology

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