TY - SER
KW - Western Pacific Region
KW - Vanuatu.
KW - Vanuatu
KW - Tuvalu
KW - Tonga
KW - Stigma
KW - Samoa
KW - Psychosocial aspects (stigma)
KW - Oceania
KW - New Caledonia
KW - leprosy
KW - History of leprosy
KW - Global
KW - Fiji
AU - McMenamin D
AB - The 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. 

C7 - Dorothy McMenamin 

CN - 130.1 MCMb
CY - Jefferson
LA - eng
N1 - ca. 45 photos, maps, appendices, index

N2 - The 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. 

PB - McFarland & Company Inc., Puhblisers
PP - Jefferson
PY - 2011
SN - 978-0-7864-6323-7
EP - 224 p.
TI - Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific: a region by region history with first person accounts
ER -