01453nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001000051653001700061653001200078653004100090653002100131100001400152245008500166300000900251490000700260520097800267022001401245       2014                            d  c201410aIndia10aChristianity10aleprosy10aCommunity based rehabilitation (CBR)10aLeprosy colonies1 aStaples J00aCommunities of the afflicted: constituting leprosy through place in South India.  a6-200 v333 a<p>With the promotion of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) as a solution to health-related issues across the global South, leprosy colonies have long been out of vogue for nongovernmental organizations and State institutions alike. Such colonies, however, have endured. As is being increasingly recognized by those working in the leprosy field, such places have played a particular role not only in the provision of leprosy-related care but also in forging new and collective identities for people affected by leprosy that might otherwise not have been possible. In this article, I draw on ethnographic fieldwork in one such colony in coastal Andhra Pradesh, South India, and explore the values invested in it as a particular kind of place; its geographical location on the peripheries; and its architecture and layout (inspired in part by colonial sanatoriums), which have particular implications for how leprosy and its ramifications are constituted and managed.</p>
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