Chronic Isolation: Experiencing a Cured Disease at the Leprosarium of Tichilești
Chronic Isolation: Experiencing a Cured Disease at the Leprosarium of Tichilești
Author(s): Andrej MihailSubject(s): Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Summary/Abstract: The inhabitants of the Tichilești leprosarium experienced medical isolation caused by a medically cured body; once an individual was diagnosed with leprosy, he would be confined for his whole life inside this institution. Thus, former leprosy sufferers had to cope with the medicalization of their daily life while making sense of a socially incurable illness that disrupted their regular life-trajectories.
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 93-106
- Page Count: 14