Disability in Japan

by Carolyn S. Stevens

Book Overview

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 ethnic and cultural diversity, but not the differences arising from disability. This book therefore breaks new ground, both for scholars of disability studies and for Japanese studies scholars. It charts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138950556
• ISBN13: 9781138950559
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"