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Disability in Japan.
Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the ""other"" to ""normal"" able-bodiedness. Most studies of disability consider disability in North American or European contexts; and studies of diversity in Japan consider ethni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Japan anthropology workshop series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Disability in Japan; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on transliterations and translations; 1 Introduction: Thinking about anthropology, disability and Japan; Disability definitions; Disability studies in English; Disability studies in Japan; Book outline; Concessions; 2 Disability in the Japanese context; Ideologies of disability in Japan, past and present; The contemporary demographics of disability in Japan; Disability activism in Japan; Conclusion; 3 Disability, language and meaning; Disability discourse in Japan.
- Examples of discriminatory language in the public sphereKotobagari and freedom of expression; Conclusion; 4 Disability policy and law in modern Japan; Welfare policy for people with disabilities in the twentieth century; The Japanese legal structure; The Six Laws of Welfare (Fukushi Roppo- ) (1947-64) and other related laws; The Law for the Promotion of Employing People with a Disability; The Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities (1970) and the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (2005); Issues; Normalization and neoliberalism; Conclusion; 5 Disability and the lifecycle.
- Prenatality and infancyChildhood; Young adults; Older adults; Conclusion; 6 Caregiving and the family; The Japanese family and caregiving; The family as caregiver: the writings of Ōe Kenzaburō; Changing care: long-term care insurance; Conclusion; 7 Accessibility and the built environment in Japan; Japan as a barrier-free society; Architectural and attitudinal impediments; Accessibility theory versus reality: empirical examples; Barrier-free features and their 'proper' use in public places; Public and private space/public and private citizens; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.