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Author Gaudet, Marcia G.

Title Carville [electronic resource] : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

Imprint Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

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Description xv, 221 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) -- History.
Leprosy -- Louisiana -- Carville -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 157806693X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781578066933
9781604736038 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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