{"product_id":"a-disability-of-the-soul-an-ethnography-of-schizophrenia-and-mental-illness-in-contemporary-japan-hardback-9780801451928","title":"A Disability of the Soul; An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan (Hardback) 9780801451928","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Disability of the Soul\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren Nakamura (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801451928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 June 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 31 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 2 charts - 1 Line drawings, unspecified - 2 Charts - 31 Halftones, black and white - 2 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 do better for the mentally ill.\u003c\/p\u003e - Amy Borovoy (The Journal of Japanese Studies) \u003cp\u003eWritten in plain language and told in a narrative style, accompanied by a DVD containing two documentary videos and filled with a host of pictures, this easily accessible and deeply engaging work combines broad historical, social, and cultural context with intimate personal experiences and poignantly articulated vignettes to immerse the reader in the lives of members of Bethel House, the professional staff who work with them and the residents of the town of Urakawa located on the island of Hokkaido, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e - Michael Rembis (Years Work in Critical and Cultural Theory) \u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, anthropologist and professor of East Asian Studies, Karen Nakamura provides the type of thick description and careful analysis called for by Mehrotra [author of \u003ci\u003eDisability, Gender and State Policy: Exploring Margins\u003c\/i\u003e]. Written in plain language and told in a narrative style... this easily accessible and deeply engaging work combines broad historical, social, and cultural context with intimate personal experiences and poignantly articulated vignettes to immerse the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e (disability studies quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e — T. M. Luhrmann, author of \u003ci\u003eOf Two Minds: An Anthropologist looks at American Psychiatry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBethel 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.\u003c\/b\u003e Using a unique, community approach to psychosocial recovery, Bethel House focuses as much on social integration as on therapeutic work. As a centerpiece of this approach, Bethel House started its own businesses in order to create employment and socialization opportunities for its residents and to change public attitudes toward the mentally ill, but also quite unintentionally provided a significant boost to the distressed local economy. Through its work programs, communal living, and close relationship between hospital and town, Bethel has been remarkably successful in carefully reintegrating its members into Japanese society. It has become known as a model alternative to long-term institutionalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Disability of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eA Disability of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensitive and multidimensional portrait of what it means to live with mental illness in contemporary Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Arrivals\u003ci\u003eLife Story 1. Memory and Catharsis: Kiyoshi's Story\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 2. Psychiatry in Japan\u003ci\u003eLife Story 2. Coming of Age in Japan: Rika's Story\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 3. Christianity in Japan and the Establishment of Hokkaido\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Founding of Bethel\u003ci\u003eLife Story 3. UFOs and Other Mass Delusions: Kohei's Story\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 5. The Doctor and the Hospital\u003ci\u003eLife Story 4.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e37 Years of Institutionalization: Why Did Yuzuru Never Want to Leave the Hospital?\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 6. Bethel Therapies\u003ci\u003eLife Story 5. Peer Support and a Meaningful Life: Gen's Story\u003c\/i\u003eChapter 7. DeparturesChapter 8. Beyond Bethel: A Postscript\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541698638104,"sku":"9780801451928","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-disability-of-the-soul-an-ethnography-of-schizophrenia-and-mental-illness-in-contemporary-japan-hardback-9780801451928","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}