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Takes you into the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give an account of the contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class Brazilians. This ethnographic exposes the web of historical, socioeconomic, religious, and political forces that complicate the path to wellness and perpetuate high rates of infection.

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White poignantly illustrates how the stigma of leprosy in Brazil is morevirulent and contagious than the disease itself. The 'uncertain cure'arises from a disjuncture between the social and clinical experiences of anotorious yet treatable medical condition. This book explores the possiblereasons why this is the case. -- Ron Barrett * Emory University Author of Aghor Medicine: Pollution, Death, and Healing in Nort *

An Uncertain Cure Living with Leprosy in Brazil

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/7/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813544571, 978-0813544571
      ISBN10: 0813544572
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      Book Synopsis
      Takes you into the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give an account of the contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class Brazilians. This ethnographic exposes the web of historical, socioeconomic, religious, and political forces that complicate the path to wellness and perpetuate high rates of infection.

      Trade Review
      White poignantly illustrates how the stigma of leprosy in Brazil is morevirulent and contagious than the disease itself. The 'uncertain cure'arises from a disjuncture between the social and clinical experiences of anotorious yet treatable medical condition. This book explores the possiblereasons why this is the case. -- Ron Barrett * Emory University Author of Aghor Medicine: Pollution, Death, and Healing in Nort *

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