Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2004], ©2004.

xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.

Carville, leprosy, and real people: an introduction to a culture apart -- "An exile in my own country": the unspeakable trauma of entering Carville -- "Through the hole in the fence": personal narratives of absconding from Carville -- Telling it slant: personal narratives, tall tales, and the reality of leprosy -- The world downside up: Mardi Gras at Carville -- "Under the pecans": history and memory in the graveyard at Carville -- Remembering leprosy: postmemory and the Carville legacy.