Carville : Remembering Leprosy in America

Foreword ix James Carville Preface xi Carville, Leprosy, and Real People 3(22) An Introduction to a Culture Apart ``An Exile in My Own Country'' 25(36) The Unspeakable Trauma of Entering Carville ``Through the Hole in the Fence'' 61(27) Personal Narratives of Absconding from Carville Telling It Slant 88(28) Personal Narratives, Tall Tales, and the Reality of Leprosy The World Downside Up 116(31) Mardi Gras at Carville ``Under the Pecans'' 147(20) History and Memory in the Graveyard at Carville Remembering Leprosy 167(24) Postmemory and the Carville Legacy Appendix A Carville Death Records on Cemetery Marker 184(5) Appendix B Quotation from Plaque at Entrance to National Hansen's Disease Museum at Carville 189(2) Notes 191(8) Sources Cited and Consulted 199(14) Index 213