![]() ![]() ![]() Central questions of how to interpret his experiences, and what role a schizophrenia diagnosis entails are explored. The film documents his painful history of trauma, loss and poisoning, and draws on his other family member's interpretations of how to understand his struggles and distress. Keretas reported experiences seem credible or explicable to some, bizarre and extraordinary to others, enigmatic or doubtful to his wife, and the sign of major mental illness to his psychiatrist. Kereta's reported experiences seem credible or explicable to some, bizarre and extraordinary to others, enigmatic or doubtful to his wife, and the sign of major mental illness to his psychiatrist. Shadows & Illuminations follows an older Balinese man, Nyoman Kereta, as he struggles with the intrusion of spirits into his consciousness. His experiences skirt the borders of cultural and spiritual norms, simultaneously manifesting and exceeding Balinese beliefs about the supernatural world and the possibilities for human interaction with it. CHAPTER 5 Shadows and Illuminations: Interpreting and Framing Extraordinary Experience 5.1 STORY SUMMARY Kereta was born in 1944 in a small rural village in Central Bali. Kereta says he has been living in two worlds, the world of his family and community and the world of the spirits, for the past 40 years. Shadows & Illuminations follows an older Balinese man, Nyoman Kereta, as he struggles with the intrusion of spirits into his consciousness. This edition in English and Balinese with English subtitles. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. Lemelson, Robert, 1952- Elemental Productions. Hidden Bibliographic Details Varying Form of Title: Mental illness - Indonesia - Case studies. Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010.Īfflictions : culture and mental illness in Indonesia ![]()
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