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Carville : remembering leprosy in America

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Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.
Author
Gaudet, Marcia G.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

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xv, 221 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) 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.
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ITQ (Carville) 05-4497
ISBN
157806693X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004008952
OCLC
55000650
Author
Gaudet, Marcia G.
Title
Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.
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ITQ (Carville) 05-4497
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