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Histories of Post-Mortem ContagionBloeming-Typhoidtein: Epidemic Jingoism and the Typhoid Corpse in South Africa

Histories of Post-Mortem Contagion: Bloeming-Typhoidtein: Epidemic Jingoism and the Typhoid... [Steere-Williams examines the largest recorded outbreak of typhoid fever in modern British history, during the South African War (1899–1902). Analyzing contemporary works in military medicine and bacteriology, as well as texts in imperial gothic literature and parliamentary debates, the chapter explores the way that the sick typhoid body and the typhoid corpse were at the center of the lived experience of the military conflict, but also served as proxies for a critique of the British Empire. Steere-Williams argues that the typhoid epidemic and the fear of the typhoid corpse both threatened cultural notions of British masculinity and led to nascently ecological fears of the spread of infectious disease in the environment.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Histories of Post-Mortem ContagionBloeming-Typhoidtein: Epidemic Jingoism and the Typhoid Corpse in South Africa

Part of the Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History Book Series
Editors: Lynteris, Christos; Evans, Nicholas H A
Steere-Williams, Jacob
Histories of Post-Mortem Contagion — Dec 16, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-62928-5
Pages
83 –108
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-62929-2_4
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[Steere-Williams examines the largest recorded outbreak of typhoid fever in modern British history, during the South African War (1899–1902). Analyzing contemporary works in military medicine and bacteriology, as well as texts in imperial gothic literature and parliamentary debates, the chapter explores the way that the sick typhoid body and the typhoid corpse were at the center of the lived experience of the military conflict, but also served as proxies for a critique of the British Empire. Steere-Williams argues that the typhoid epidemic and the fear of the typhoid corpse both threatened cultural notions of British masculinity and led to nascently ecological fears of the spread of infectious disease in the environment.]

Published: Dec 16, 2017

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