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The political culture of leprosy in the US occupied Philippines, 1902--1941
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The political culture of leprosy in the US occupied Philippines, 1902--1941 [electronic resource]
ISBN
9780549977407
Published
2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (246 p.)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-01, Section: A, page: 0223.
Adviser: Matthew Frye Jacobson.
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Summary
The management of leprosy was a central feature of the US occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century. Faced with a heterogeneous population, lepers were identified as a key group to represent the archipelago's diverse inhabitants. Lepers were forcibly and legally segregation to the Culion Leper Colony, established in 1906 to rehabilitate and cure the leper. This project examines how leprosy in the Philippines and the Culion Leper Colony in particular was caught in between the colonial interests of the US and the desire for sovereignty and independence by the Philippines. This project examines how colonial politics and governance through the Culion Leper Colony produced ideas about identity, nation and race.
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Books / Online / Dissertations & Theses
Language
English
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July 12, 2011
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2008.
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