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Exotic Deviance

其他書名	Medicalizing Cultural Idioms--from Strangeness to Illness
出版	University Press of Colorado, 2000
主題	Medical / Psychiatry / GeneralPsychology / Psychopathology / GeneralPsychology / EthnopsychologySocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN	08708159899780870815980
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uKHuAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This is a seminal study of Western psychiatric interpretations of some of the most bizarre behaviours so strange by modern Western standards that they are assumed to be illnesses of disorders - latah, koro, and dance mania. Psychiatrists making these diagnoses draw heavily on Eurocentric values and assumptions. The book examines Otherness with an emphasis on Western understanding and acceptance, explaining that these behaviours are rational outcomes of unfamiliar symbol systems and worldviews and are a testament to the power of human imagination and creativity.