Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

• 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.

Ämnesord

Leprosy  -- Louisiana -- Carville -- History. (LCSH)

Leprosy  -- history -- Louisiana. (MeSH)

History, 20th Century  -- Louisiana. (MeSH)

Hospitals, Special  -- history -- Louisiana. (MeSH)

Lepra  -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- Louisiana (sao)

Institutionsnamn

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

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

Klassifikation

RA644.L3 (LCC)

2005 K-903 (NLM)

WC 335 (NLM)

362.19699800976344 (DDC)

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