00995nam a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260008000042653001900122653001400141653001300155653002000168653001200188100001500200245008500215300001100300050001600311520045600327020001800783       2009                            d  bStrategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD)aPetaling Jaya10aSocial aspects10aSingapore10aMalaysia10aLeprosy control10aHistory1 aKah Seng L00aMaking and unmaking the asylum : leprosy and modernity in Singapore and Malaysia  a151 p.  a130.2 KAH b3 aThe book recounts the entangled histories of leprosy in colonial and postcolonial Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore—decades of heavy-handed biomedical policies and laws enacted in the name of modernity, science and development, interwoven with the personal accounts of those who were sent to the asylums. The leprosarium was a living hell for many. It is also no coincidence, the author argues, that the majority of patients were poor and working-class.  a9789833782765