“Ourselves Writ savage”: Disease, Desire, and Colonialism in Kuru Country
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DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2024.2372933
Abstract: This essay interrogates the intersections of colonialism, western science, and desire through an analysis of the outbreak of kuru in Papua New Guinea in the mid-20th century. I argue that cannibalism drew eyes to the… read more here.
Keywords: disease desire; colonialism; desire; writ savage ... See more keywords