Carville : remembering leprosy in America / / Marcia Gaudet.
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 221 p. :; ill. |
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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.