Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudet, Marcia G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.)--History.

National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.).

Leprosy--Louisiana--Carville--History.

Leprosy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612917325

9781282917323

1282917323

9781604736038

1604736038

OCLC:

688292117

Publisher Number:

2027/heb09312 hdl