Reporting Mental Illness in China (Hardcover)

This book examines how Chinese-language newspapers across greater China report on severe mental illness, and why they do so in the ways they do, given that reporting in local newspapers can strongly influence how Chinese readers view the illness. By assessing how the reporting in three leading broadsheet newspapers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan constructs the illness, the book considers how the distinct social and political histories of the three culturally Chinese communities shape the reporting, and whether it bears out or contests the intense stigma against the illness that prevails locally. The findings can usefully encourage and inform attempts to humanise, include, and empower those with a severe mental illness across greater China and the global Chinese diaspora. Employing a well-tested, transparent discourse analytic approach, the book also includes numerous Chinese-English bilingual news report extracts to illustrate its claims. As such, Reporting Mental Illness in China will be of interest to sinologists, discourse analysts, mental health professionals and public health authorities across the globe, especially in places where there are large Chinese-speaking populations.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Guy Ramsay
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-54090-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN:	0-367-54090-8
Barcode:	9780367540906

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