People are not the same : leprosy and identity in twentieth-century Mali
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People are not the same : leprosy and identity in twentieth-century Mali
（Social history of Africa）
Heinemann , J. Currey, Ltd., 1998
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-212) and index
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: (James Currey paper) ISBN 9780852556306
Description
This text draws upon an extensive collection of life histories to elaborate the perspectives of patients themselves who suffer from leprosy in Mali. It describes the transformation of leper identities with changes in medical and social responses to the disease. By situating seemingly local experiences of patients within the larger context of national and global change, the author aims to deepen our understanding of a range of issues including stigma, marginality, begging and migration. He explains how the dibilitating nature of leprosy interfered with one's ability to marry, farm and participate in other facets of normal life. Leprosy sufferers became outcasts in their villages andoften migrated to treatment centres in Bamako and other towns. At these centres, patients constructed self-conscious communities which empowered them socially and politically.
Eric Silla argues that lepers should be seen asvibrant political actors instead of their stereotype as pitiable victims. The text is a contribution to the history of French colonialism and of socialism, dictatorship, and democracy in independent Africa. The example of Mali also raises important questions about Western public health programmes that emphasize biological cures with little regard for social rehabilitation.
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Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the life of Saran Keita
- leprosy in pre-colonial Mali. Part 2 Leprosy and the colonial encounter: becoming a leper
- becoming a patient
- "Toubabs" as "Tabibs"
- becoming a community. Part 3 Leprosy and historical change - the transition from colonial to post-independence Mali.
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: (James Currey cloth) ISBN 9780852556801
Description
This text draws upon an extensive collection of life histories to elaborate the perspectives of patients themselves who suffer from leprosy in Mali. It describes the transformation of leper identities with changes in medical andsocial responses to thedisease. By situating seemingly local experiences of patients within the larger context of national and global change, the author aims to deepen our understanding of a range of issues including stigma, marginality, begging and migration. He explains how the dibilitating nature of leprosy interfered with one's ability to marry, farm and participate in other facets of normal life. Leprosy sufferers became outcasts in their villagesand often migrated to treatment centres in Bamako and other towns. At these centres, patients constructed self-conscious communities which empowered them socially and politically. Eric Silla argues that lepers should be seen as vibrant political actors instead of their stereotype as pitiable victims. The text is a contributionto the history of French colonialism and of socialism, dictatorship, and democracy in independent Africa. The example of Mali alsoraises important questions about Western public health programmes that emphasize biological cures with little regard for social rehabilitation.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the life of Saran Keita
- leprosy in pre-colonial Mali. Part 2 Leprosy and the colonial encounter: becoming a leper
- becoming a patient
- "Toubabs" as "Tabibs"
- becoming a community. Part 3 Leprosy and historical change - the transition from colonial to post-independence Mali.
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