Images of Leprosy Kristin N. Rainville and family and gender roles

and family and gender roles

Over the next twenty-five years

Lorena Bobbitt

Hurma's story intersects with those of her elder siblings

Images of Leprosy Kristin N. Rainville and family and gender rolesFrom biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansens disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Recently, leprosy has generated attention in scholarly fields from medical science to the visual arts. This interdisciplinary art historical survey on lepra and