2019年03月12日

　本学経済学部共生社会経済学科の黒坂愛衣准教授が、単行本『ハンセン病家族たちの物語』（世織書房、2015年）の英語版を上梓しました。
　ぜひご覧ください。

【書籍情報】
Ai Kurosaka, Fighting Prejudice in Japan: The Families of Hansen's Disease Patients Speak Out

単行本：303ページ
出版社：Trans Pacific Press
ISBN：978-1-925608-82-3
発売日：2019年1月

［JAPANESE SOCIETY SERIES 案内文より］
This collection of twelve life stories delves into the experiences of families of Hansen’s disease patients who tell their own stories in their own words. In detailed interviews spanning more than ten years, Ai Kurosaka presents their struggles from the previously neglected perspective of family members of patients. The storytellers tell how they were torn by experiences of separation, discrimination and broken relationships. Like fugitives, many spent years hiding the truth and deceiving others to protect themselves and their families, and they reveal how this affected their relationships with others, but also with themselves. These recollections reveal agony and repentance but are also stories of resilience that show the courage of the storytellers in speaking up and in challenging the government’s policy on Hansen’s disease. This book breaks the silence of families of Hansen’s disease patients and seeks to restore relationships for families of patients and the wider society.

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