Author: Angela Ki Che Leung
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231517793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatized disorder modern researchers now identify as leprosy. She then tracks the relationship between the disease and China's social and political spheres (theories of contagion prompted community and statewide efforts at segregation); religious traditions (Buddhism and Daoism ascribed redemptive meaning to those suffering from the disease), and evolving medical discourse (Chinese doctors have contested the disease's etiology for centuries). Leprosy even pops up in Chinese folklore, attributing the spread of the contagion to contact with immoral women. Leung next places the history of leprosy into a global context of colonialism, racial politics, and "imperial danger." A perceived global pandemic in the late nineteenth century seemed to confirm Westerners' fears that Chinese immigration threatened public health. Therefore battling to contain, if not eliminate, the disease became a central mission of the modernizing, state-building projects of the late Qing empire, the nationalist government of the first half of the twentieth century, and the People's Republic of China. Stamping out the curse of leprosy was the first step toward achieving "hygienic modernity" and erasing the cultural and economic backwardness associated with the disease. Leung's final move connects China's experience with leprosy to a larger history of public health and biomedical regimes of power, exploring the cultural and political implications of China's Sino-Western approach to the disease.
Cultural Processes
Author: Angela Ki Che Leung
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231123006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231123006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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China's Leprosy
Author: American Leprosy Missions
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions to leprosy patients
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Missions to leprosy patients
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Leprosy, Racism, And Public Health
Author: Zachary Gussow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429718543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This volume focuses on leprosy in a country with which this 'tropical' disease is rarely associated in the professional or public mind; the United States. An important scholarly contribution where Gussow argues that academic neglect and absence of comparative studies of lepraphobia have been fuelled by default the myth that aversion to leprosy is and has been universal.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429718543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This volume focuses on leprosy in a country with which this 'tropical' disease is rarely associated in the professional or public mind; the United States. An important scholarly contribution where Gussow argues that academic neglect and absence of comparative studies of lepraphobia have been fuelled by default the myth that aversion to leprosy is and has been universal.
Unclean! Unclean! Or, Glimpses of the Land where Leprosy Thrives
Author: Lee Sjoerds Huizenga
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Article III
Author: Benjamin Hobson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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China's Leprosy
Author: American Leprosy Missions
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781013576065
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781013576065
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The history of leprosy in china
Author: Shanghe Lai
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leprosy
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 103
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leprosy
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 103
Book Description
China and Leprosy
Author: James E. Lee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Prize Essays on Leprosy
Author:
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Leprosy in China
Author: P. B. Cousland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leprosy
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leprosy
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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