Discipline and desire: Hansen’s Disease patients reclaim life in Culion, 1900–1930s

Discipline and desire: Hansen’s Disease patients reclaim life in Culion, 1900–1930s

This paper examines the everyday politics of Hansen’s Disease (HD) patients in Culion Island, Philippines from 1900 to 1930s. As part of the American colonial project to address HD in the Philippines, American colonial health authorities segregated HD patients from the larger Philippine society by e...

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Main Author: Wataru Kusaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2017-12-01
Series:Social Science Diliman
Subjects:
Hansen’s disease
Culion Island
public health
disciplinary power
everyday politics
Online Access:http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/5986/5340

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