A community of secrets : Stigmatization of former Hansen's Disease patients and their generations in Kampung Baru, Sarawak, Malaysia SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

• Main Authors: Parveen, Kaur, Atiqah, Ab Rahim, Anis, Jahoring, Joanna, Edut, Arif, Jawaid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2017
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; HQ The family. Marriage. Woman; HS Societies secret benevolent etc; HT Communities. Classes. Races
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19253/7/A%20community.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19253/; http://www.borneo.unimas.my/borneo-kalimantan-journal

In the early 19th century in Sarawak, Hansen’s disease or leprosy became a reportable disease where the unfortunate victims were forcibly segregated to a leprosarium, leaving behind family, relatives and future. The image of claw hands or toes and rot noses were associated with the unclean and the s...