Trapped in the Leprosaria: The Ghettoization of the ‘Leper Author’ Hōjō Tamio

Author

Walter Hare, Washington University in St. LouisFollow

Abstract

An analysis of leprosy as a disease, its history in Japan and around the world, and how the discourse surrounding disease can be applied to literature, with a particular look at short stories from the 'leper' author Hōjō Tamio.

Committee Chair

Jamie Newhard

Committee Members

Marvin Marcus, Akira Shimizu

Comments

Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7JW8BT3

Degree

Master of Arts (AM/MA)

Author's Department

East Asian Languages and Culture: Japanese

Author's School

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

Summer 8-2014

Language

English (en)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7936/K7JW8BT3

Recommended Citation

Hare, Walter, "Trapped in the Leprosaria: The Ghettoization of the ‘Leper Author’ Hōjō Tamio" (2014). Arts & Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 12.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/K7JW8BT3