Karen Nakamura

I'm a cultural and visual anthropologist whose research focuses on issues of disability and minority social movements in Japan. My first book on sign language, identity, civil society, and deaf social movements in modern Japan was published by Cornell University Press in 2006. My second book on schizophrenia and mental illness in rural Japan, titled _A Disability of the Soul_, was just released.

In addition to the books I have on Amazon, I have two films: Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan; and, A Japanese Funeral. The films are both available through Amazon. Private screening copies of films are also included with my book _A Disability of the Soul_.

I live with my partner and my puppy in New Haven, CT.