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MODERN GUIDE DOG MOVEMENT IN JAPAN: ELITES, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Zhong, Wenwen (2011)
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
The purpose of the thesis was to introduce the general process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan. The research was conducted by the fieldwork in Tokyo, spring 2011, under a main contribution from the Japan Guide Dog Association through interviews and participant observations. An in-depth study of the three-stage Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan is presented and discussed in the thesis. During the past half century, the modern guide dog movement has gone through three different groups in Japan: elites (political elites and guide dog experts), visually impaired persons, and finally, the general public. The broad social context of the ongoing Disability Rights Movement together with the guide dog movie Quill has made the involvement... (More)
The purpose of the thesis was to introduce the general process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan. The research was conducted by the fieldwork in Tokyo, spring 2011, under a main contribution from the Japan Guide Dog Association through interviews and participant observations. An in-depth study of the three-stage Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan is presented and discussed in the thesis. During the past half century, the modern guide dog movement has gone through three different groups in Japan: elites (political elites and guide dog experts), visually impaired persons, and finally, the general public. The broad social context of the ongoing Disability Rights Movement together with the guide dog movie Quill has made the involvement of all three groups possible and positive in the process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan. (Less)
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author
Zhong, Wenwen
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organization
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Guide Dogs, Visually Impaired Persons, Disability Rights Movement, Japan
language
English
id
2204861
date added to LUP
2011-11-16 17:03:45
date last changed
2011-11-16 17:03:45
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of the thesis was to introduce the general process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan. The research was conducted by the fieldwork in Tokyo, spring 2011, under a main contribution from the Japan Guide Dog Association through interviews and participant observations. An in-depth study of the three-stage Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan is presented and discussed in the thesis. During the past half century, the modern guide dog movement has gone through three different groups in Japan: elites (political elites and guide dog experts), visually impaired persons, and finally, the general public. The broad social context of the ongoing Disability Rights Movement together with the guide dog movie Quill has made the involvement of all three groups possible and positive in the process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan.}},
  author       = {{Zhong, Wenwen}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{MODERN GUIDE DOG MOVEMENT IN JAPAN: ELITES, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}