O problema da lepra na América do Sul

Souza-Araujo, H. C. de

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“…For a long time, descriptions of Surinamese leprosy colonies reflected the vision and activities of colonial rulers, including church representatives [31] (pp. [61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] and physicians [32]. Only recently has attention been paid to the opinions and practices of patients [33] (pp 78-92), [29] (pp 71-134).…”

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How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname

2020

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According to the Dutch colonizers in Suriname, leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) was highly contagious and transmitted from human-to-human. A “cordon sanitaire” was constructed around the patients, mainly African slaves and Asian indentured laborers and their descendants. They were tracked down and incarcerated in remote leprosy settlements located in the rainforest. Some patients obeyed the authorities while others resisted and rebelled. Their narratives, revealing conceptual entanglement of the disease with their culture and the Surinamese natural environment, contain important information for understanding their world and their life inside and outside of leprosy settlements. They combined traditional health practices and medicinal plants from their natural habitat with biomedical treatments (practicing medical pluralism). They believed in a diversity of disease explanations, predominantly the taboo concepts treef, tyina, and totem animals associated with their natural habitat (the Surinamese biome). Some of their imaginary explanations (e.g., “leprosy is carried and/or transmitted through soil and certain animals”) show a surprising analogy with recent findings from leprosy scientists. Our research shows that nature contributes to shaping the world of Hansen’s disease patients. An ecological approach can make a valuable contribution to understanding their world. Comparative historical and anthropological research needs to be conducted to map the influence of different biomes on local explanatory models. The now deserted Hansen’s disease settlements and their natural environments are interesting research sites and important places of cultural heritage.

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“…93-126). The (former) leprosy settlements in Guyana [71] (623-648), French Guiana [72] (pp. 583-598), and the northern states of Brazil 13 were or are located in the rainforest, a natural habitat similar to Suriname.…”

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How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname

2020

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Escravos no purgatório: o leprosário do Tucunduba (Pará, século XIX)

Henrique

2012

Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos

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Analisa a experiência dos escravos recolhidos ao leprosário do Tucunduba, em Belém, no Pará, ao longo do século XIX. Libertos depois de exibir no corpo as marcas da lepra, esperava-se deles submissão à política de segregação que pretendia afastá-los do contato com o restante da população. A documentação produzida pela Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará e autoridades políticas da província revela as estratégias desenvolvidas pelos escravos no enfrentamento dessa política, utilizando-se da predominância numérica no leprosário para criar uma rede de solidariedade que lhes permitisse recriar a vida e se contrapor ao tipo de nação sonhada pelas teorias higienistas da época.

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O problema da lepra na América do Sul

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How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname

How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname

Escravos no purgatório: o leprosário do Tucunduba (Pará, século XIX)

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