Leprosy in China : a history /

Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatized disorder modern researchers now identify as leprosy. She then tracks the relationship between the disease and China's social and pol...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liang, Qizi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Temas:
Leprosy > China > History.
Leprosy > history
Stereotyping
Lèpre > Chine > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Leprosy.
China
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Li/lai/dafeng/mafeng: history of the conceptualization of a disease/category
  • A cursed but redeemable body
  • The dangerously contagious body: segregation in late imperial China
  • The Chinese leper and the modern world
  • Leprosy in the PRC.

Ejemplares similares