Blind in early modern Japan : disability, medicine, and identity
著者
書誌事項
Blind in early modern Japan : disability, medicine, and identity
(Corporealities : discourses of disability)
University of Michigan Press, 2022
- : hardcover
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index
収録内容
- Japanese ophthalmology : medical studies of eye conditions
- Eye medicines : the popular culture of cure
- The blind guild : status and power
- Nonmembership and the challenge of authority
- Texts and performances : the significance of one blind musician's career
- Healing by touch : blind acupuncturists and masseurs
- Epilogue : onward to the Meiji Period
内容説明・目次
内容説明
While the loss of sight-whether in early modern Japan or now-may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The blind of the era were prominent across a wide range of professions, and through a strong guild structure were able to exert contractual monopolies over certain trades. Blind in Early Modern Japan illustrates the breadth and depth of those occupations, the power and respect that accrued to the guild members, and the lasting legacy of the Tokugawa guilds into the current moment.
The book illustrates why disability must be assessed within a particular society's social, political, and medical context, and also the importance of bringing medical history into conversation with cultural history. A Euro-American-centric disability studies perspective that focuses on disability and oppression, the author contends, risks overlooking the unique situation in a non-Western society like Japan in which disability was constructed to enhance blind people's power. He explores what it meant to be blind in Japan at that time, and what it says about current frameworks for understanding disability.
目次
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600-1868)
Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
Acknowledgments
Preface: A Personal Note
Introduction
Chapter 1
Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
Chapter 2
Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
Chapter 3
The Blind Guild: Status and Power
Chapter 4
Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
Chapter 5
Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician's Career
Chapter 6
Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
Epilogue
Onward to the Meiji Period
Bibliography
Index
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