Leprosy and a life in South India : journeys with a Tamil Brahmin /

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Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as many hours of interviews, Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin documents the life story of Das, a South Indian Brahmin born in the newly postcolonial India of the early 1950s. After being diagnosed with leprosy, Das spent over...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Staples, James, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Plymouth, United Kingdom : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Leprosy > Patients > India > Biography.
Leprosy > Patients > India > Social conditions.
Leprosy.
Social history.
Leprosy
Social Conditions
Lépreux > Inde > Biographies.
Lèpre.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Social history
Leprosy > Patients
Leprosy > Patients > Social conditions
India
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Beginnings
  • To the City
  • Bombay
  • Reunions
  • Anandapuram
  • Good Times
  • The Rise ...
  • The Fall ...
  • Moving On
  • The Wheel Keeps Turning
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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