Squint : my journey with leprosy /
Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2009.
|
Colección: | Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities. |
---|---|
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220). |
ISBN: | 9781604733396 160473339X |