Afflictions: Steps Toward a Visual Psychological Anthropology

Author:   Robert Lemelson ,  Annie Tucker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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9783319867526


Pages:   306
Publication Date:   04 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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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 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. 

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Author:   Robert Lemelson ,  Annie Tucker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319867526


ISBN 10:   3319867520
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   04 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Precedents and Possibilities: Towards an Integration of Visual and Psychological Anthropology.- 3. Culture, Mental Illness, and Outcome in Java and Bali.- 4. The Bird Dancer: Social Suffering and the Question of Therapeutic Visual Ethnography.- 5. Shadows and Illuminations: The Complexities of Interpreting and Framing Extraordinary Experience.- 6. Family Victim: Encountering Deviance and Representing Intersubjectivity.- 7. Memory of My Face: Globalization, Madness, and Identity Onscreen.- 8. Ritual Burdens: Culturally Defined Stressors and Developmental Progressions.- 9. Kites and Monsters: Continuity in Cultural Practices and Visual Representation.- 10. Basic Concepts in Filming for Visual Psychological Anthropology.- 11. Visual Person-Centered Ethnography: Adapting Core Methodologies and Articulating Principles for Visual Psychological Anthropology.

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“This book is intended to complement the stories and themes explored in the films, and to shed light on the contribution of ethnographic film to psychological anthropology. … The book is not only relevant and informative on the subject of visual anthropology, but it is also very concrete: Lemelson provides many examples of his own experience and that of other researchers, which helps to make the book practical.” (Véronique Senécal-Lirette, Anthropology Bookforum, Vol. 5 (1), 2019)


This book is intended to complement the stories and themes explored in the films, and to shed light on the contribution of ethnographic film to psychological anthropology. ... The book is not only relevant and informative on the subject of visual anthropology, but it is also very concrete: Lemelson provides many examples of his own experience and that of other researchers, which helps to make the book practical. (Veronique Senecal-Lirette, Anthropology Bookforum, Vol. 5 (1), 2019)


Author Information

Robert Lemelson is Associate Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Founder and Director at Elemental Productions, and Founder and President of The Foundation for Psychocultural Research. Annie Tucker is Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and Senior Researcher at Elemental Productions.

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