Description
| Product ID: | 9781032452685 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Title: | Culture-Bound Syndromes in Popular Culture |
| Authors: | Author: Cringuta Irina Pelea |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Literary studies: general, History, Popular culture, Media studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social, group or collective psychology, Human biology, Human biology, Literary studies: general, Humanities, Popular culture, Media studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social, group or collective psychology, Human biology, Medical anthropology |
| Description: | This volume explores culture-bound syndromes, defined as a pattern of symptoms (mental, physical, and/or relational) experienced only by members of a specific cultural group and recognized as a disorder by members of those groups, and their coverage in popular culture. This volume explores culture-bound syndromes, defined as a pattern of symptoms (mental, physical, and/or relational) experienced only by members of a specific cultural group and recognized as a disorder by members of those groups, and their coverage in popular culture. Encompassing a wide range of popular culture genres and mediums – from film and TV to literature, graphic novels, and anime – the chapters offer a dynamic mix of approaches to analyze how popular culture has engaged with specific culture-bound syndromes such as hwabyung, hikikomori, taijin kyofusho, zou huo ru mo, sati, amok, Cuban hysteria, voodoo death, and others. Spanning a global and interdisciplinary remit, this first-of-its-kind anthology will allow scholars and students of popular culture, media and film studies, comparative literature, medical humanities, cultural psychiatry, and philosophy to explore simultaneously a diversity of popular cultures and culturally rooted mental health disorders. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-30 |
