| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 reveal stories of sadness, separation, and even strength in the face of what was once a life-wrenching diagnosis. Drawn from interviews with living patients and extensive research in the leprosarium's archives, Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America tells the stories of former patients at the National Hansen's Dise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
National Hansen's Disease Programs Center (U.S.) |
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National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) fast |
| Subject |
Leprosy -- Louisiana -- Carville -- History
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Leprosy -- history
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History, 20th Century
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Hospitals, Special -- history
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MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Leprosy
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| SUBJECT |
Louisiana |
| Subject |
Louisiana -- Carville
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004008952 |
| ISBN |
9781604736038 |
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1604736038 |
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1282917323 |
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9781282917323 |
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9786612917325 |
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6612917326 |
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