Carville : remembering leprosy in America /

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Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center for the treatment of leprosy open to rev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gaudet, Marcia G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2004.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) > History.
National Hansen's Disease Programs Center (U.S.)
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.)
Leprosy > Louisiana > Carville > History.
Leprosy > history
History, 20th Century
Hospitals, Special > history
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Leprosy
Louisiana
Louisiana > Carville
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Carville, leprosy, and real people: an introduction to a culture apart
  • "An exile in my own country": the unspeakable trauma of entering Carville
  • "Through the hole in the fence": personal narratives of absconding from Carville
  • Telling it slant: personal narratives, tall tales, and the reality of leprosy
  • The world downside up: Mardi Gras at Carville
  • "Under the pecans": history and memory in the graveyard at Carville
  • Remembering leprosy: postmemory and the Carville legacy.

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