Carville : Remembering Leprosy in America /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaudet, Marcia G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) > History.
Leprosy > Louisiana > Carville > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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