Leprosy is one of the oldest known human diseases, recognized throughout the world. Leprosy causes serious damage to the nervous system, often resulting in deformity in the absence of an effective treatment; sufferers were often left at the mercy of its natural process or were segregated from others due to the fear of contagion. The places ravaged by leprosy became lands of fear. Modern science has shown that leprosy bacilli have a high rate of infectivity but a rather low rate of pathogenicity, and above ninety percent of people are equipped with immunity to leprosy. Leper colonies as described in the life writings of leprosy sufferers, however, represent the politics of segregation, as well as that of fear, and pain. This paper probes into the life writings of leprosy sufferers and discusses the landscapes of illness, politics of segregation, and discourses of empathy in late nineteenth-century cultural memories of Hawaii. I-Chun Wang, "Landscapes of Illness, Politics of Segregation and page 2 of 8 Discourse of Empathy in the 19th Century Leprosy Narratives of Hawaii” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 20.5 (2018): Special Issue Voices of Life, Illness and Disabilities in Life Writing and Medical Narratives. Ed. I-Chun Wang, Jonathan Locke Hart, Cindy Chopoidalo, and David Porter

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夏威夷19世纪麻风叙事中的疾病景观，隔离政治和同情话语

麻风病是世界上公认的最古老的人类疾病之一。麻风病会对神经系统造成严重损害，在缺乏有效治疗的情况下通常会导致畸形；受害人常常受其自然过程的左右，或由于担心传染而与其他人隔离。被麻风病肆虐的地方变成了恐惧之地。现代科学表明，麻风杆菌的感染率很高，但致病率却很低，而且百分之九十以上的人都具有麻风免疫力。然而，在麻风病患者的生活著作中描述的麻风病殖民地代表着隔离的政治，以及恐惧和痛苦的政治。本文探讨了麻风病患者的生活著作，并讨论了疾病，种族隔离政治，和19世纪后期夏威夷文化记忆中的移情对话。王宜春，“疾病的景观，种族隔离的政治和19世纪夏威夷麻风病叙事中的8个同情话语的第2页”，CLCWeb：比较文学与文化20.5（2018）：生活写作和医学叙事中关于生命，疾病和残疾的专刊。埃德 I-Chun Wang，Jonathan Locke Hart，Cindy Chopoidalo和David Porter