Ways of physical and symbolic isolation: leprosy; its isolation spaces and the medical-legal discourse in Argentina

Authors

  • Marisa Miranda IIB-INTECH/CONICET-UNSAM
  • Gustavo Vallejo IIB-INTECH/CONICET-UNSAM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2008.v60.i2.256

Keywords:

Leprosy, Eugenics, Isolation spaces

Abstract


During the first half of the twentieth century, the presence of leprosy in modern societies provoked various reactions. As ancient prejudices had not disappeared yet, the medical-legal discourse dealt with a problem that exceeded the strictly sanitary framework. From a scientific perspective, this paper analyzes the way in which answers find that seemed the population and the future of the race in the physical and symbolic isolation of the leper, were developed in Argentina. In that context, the eugenics legitimated strong restrictions of rights to sick persons on whom this ancestral stigma continued to carry much weight.

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Published

2008-12-05

How to Cite

Miranda, M., & Vallejo, G. (2008). Ways of physical and symbolic isolation: leprosy; its isolation spaces and the medical-legal discourse in Argentina. Asclepio, 60(2), 19–42. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2008.v60.i2.256

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