Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with First Person AccountsThe long-lasting effects of leprosy are still evident in various parts of the world. This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. It recounts how the victims were subject to prolonged isolation in various leprosaria as the first effective cure for leprosy only became available after 1949. Oral histories are utilized and verbatim extracts demonstrate the level of stigma experienced by these young people. Topics covered include the exact nature of the diagnosis, removal from one's family, the experience of isolation, and the reaction of family and villages upon the individual's return to community life. |
Contents
1 | |
3 | |
1 Community Through AdversityNew Zealand to Fiji | 31 |
2 Former Penitentiaries as LeprosariaNew Caledonia | 73 |
3 Rise and Demise of StigmaSamoa | 98 |
4 The Loneliness of IsolationTonga | 124 |
5 The Benefits of LeprosariaVanuatu | 155 |
Other editions - View all
Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with ... Dorothy McMenamin No preview available - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
Apia archived associated with leprosy attitudes towards leprosy Belep Betty Pyatt Caledonia Carville Center Christchurch clinic colonial Crouzat Dapsone despite diagnosed with leprosy disease doctor Ducos European Fale’ofa Farrugia fear of contagion Fiji Fijian Gussow and Tracy Harris papers Ibid incidence of leprosy indicates interviews isolation Kulaea Leper leprologist leprosarium leprosy patients leprosy station leprosy stigma leprosy sufferers level of stigma living Lolowai Longomapu Lutui Mackereth Macmillan Brown Library Makogai Manitepi married McMenamin Pacific Papers medicine Melanesian Mission missionaries Noeline Harris Noumea Nuku’alofa nurses oral history oral history 2006 Pacific islands PLF assistance Polutele Port Vila problems Quail Island Raoul Follereau residents rosy Samoa segregation sick Sister Goretti Sister Marietta South Pacific region staff Stella stigma associated sulphones Suva Taliai testimony Tonga treatment Twomey hospital ulcers Vanuatu Vava'u village Wati Zealand