Afflictions: Steps Toward A Visual Psychological Anthropology (culture, Mind, And Society)
by Robert Lemelson /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book is one of the first to integrate psychological and
medical anthropology with the methodologies of visual
anthropology, specifically ethnographic film. It discusses and
complements the work presented in
This book is one of the first to integrate psychological and
medical anthropology with the methodologies of visual
anthropology, specifically ethnographic film. It discusses and
complements the work presented inAfflictions: Culture and
Mental Illness in Indonesia,
Afflictions: Culture and
Mental Illness in Indonesia, the first film series on
psychiatric disorders in the developing world, in order to
explore pertinent issues in the cross-cultural study of mental
illness and advocate for the unique role film can play both in
the discipline and in participants’ lives. Through
ethnographically rich and self-reflexive discussions of the
films, their production, and their impact, the book at once
provides theoretical and practical guidance, encouragement, and
caveats for students and others who may want to make such
films.
the first film series on
psychiatric disorders in the developing world, in order to
explore pertinent issues in the cross-cultural study of mental
illness and advocate for the unique role film can play both in
the discipline and in participants’ lives. Through
ethnographically rich and self-reflexive discussions of the
films, their production, and their impact, the book at once
provides theoretical and practical guidance, encouragement, and
caveats for students and others who may want to make such
films.
