The narrative space of the leprous body in “Koolau the Leper”, by Jack London
This article discusses the political and cultural image of the leper, thinking about the spaces that he and the disease occupy in society, focusing mainly on the body and the process of abjection that he goes through in the short story “Koolau the Leper”, by Jack London, reflecting on the processes...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Investigações (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/258398 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/INV/article/view/258398 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | corpo leproso Jack London body leper cuerpo |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the political and cultural image of the leper, thinking about the spaces that he and the disease occupy in society, focusing mainly on the body and the process of abjection that he goes through in the short story “Koolau the Leper”, by Jack London, reflecting on the processes of exclusion he suffers. The reflection points out that the carrier of Hansen's bacillus is a herald of crisis of categories, a living dead that disturbs and destabilizes due to its differences, absences and excesses. It was used to endorse this reflection: Ahuja (2007), Cohen (2000) and Foucault (2001). |
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