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Karen Nakamura - A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan - 9780801451928 - V9780801451928
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A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan

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Description for A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38, 31 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 2 charts, 2 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.

"This is a terrific book―moving, clear, and compassionate. It not only illustrates the way psychiatric illness is shaped by culture, but also suggests that social environments can be used to improve the course and outcome of the illness. Well worth reading."
— T. M. Luhrmann, author of Of Two Minds: An Anthropologist looks at American Psychiatry

Bethel House, located in a small fishing village in northern Japan, was founded in 1984 as an intentional community for people with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Using a unique, community approach to psychosocial recovery, Bethel House focuses as much on social integration as ... Read more

In A Disability of the Soul, Karen Nakamura explores how the members of this unique community struggle with their lives, their illnesses, and the meaning of community. Told through engaging historical narrative, insightful ethnographic vignettes, and compelling life stories, her account of Bethel House depicts its achievements and setbacks, its promises and limitations. A Disability of the Soul is a sensitive and multidimensional portrait of what it means to live with mental illness in contemporary Japan.

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Product Details

Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801451928
SKU
V9780801451928
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Karen Nakamura
Karen Nakamura is Associate Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Yale University. She is the author of Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity, also from Cornell, which was awarded the John Whitney Hall Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies.

Reviews for A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan
In every respect, Nakamura has produced two films and a book that work against stigma and call attention to mental illness as a disability and to the humanity of those who suffer from it. These texts will be of broad interest beyond the world of Japan studies, particularly to clinicians and human rights activists who are looking for ways to ... Read more

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