Abstract
This essay aims to make a dialogue between disability studies in its postmodern aspect, with the Anthropology of Performance from two paths: 1) discussing bodily influence on the meanings attributed to the experience of disability; 2) discussing how performance, with emphasis on sport, places the body in the light of sociability, generating a tension between new body norms and the reproduction of current models on disability and health. We conclude that the performance of people with disabilities can contribute to a review or reinvention of the concept of health from the construction of new identities and empowerment projects. Thus, disability is separated from the biological function/dysfunction and brings it closer to the human being's action capacity in the world by the sociability established in sport.
Highlights
This essay aims to make a dialogue between disability studies in its postmodern aspect
discussing bodily influence on the meanings attributed to the experience of disability
We conclude that the performance of people
Summary
This essay aims to make a dialogue between disability studies in its postmodern aspect, with the Anthropology of Performance from two paths: 1) discussing bodily influence on the meanings attributed to the experience of disability; 2) discussing how performance, with emphasis on sport, places the body in the light of sociability, generating a tension between new body norms and the reproduction of current models on disability and health. Conclui-se que a performance da pessoa com deficiência pode contribuir para uma revisão ou reinvenção do conceito de saúde, a partir da construção de novas identidades e projetos de empoderamento.
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