Chapter 8 Quarantine sanitization, colonialism and the construction of the 'contagious Arab' in the Mediterranean, 1830s-1900
Chircop, John
Chapter 8 Quarantine sanitization, colonialism and the construction of the 'contagious Arab' in the Mediterranean, 1830s-1900 - Manchester University Press 2018 - 1 electronic resource (35 p.) - Social Histories of Medicine .
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This chapter investigates the setting up of a network of lazarettos along the southern and eastern littorals of the Mediterranean during the nineteenth century. The fundamental thesis is that these lazarettos, constructed and frequently directed by Europeans, sustained the expansion of Western colonialism in the region. Starting with an investigation of the workings of the first Sanitary Councils - in North Africa and Ottoman-ruled ports - which preceded the International Sanitary Conferences, the study then goes on to show how maritime quarantine catered for the European powers' commercial, shipping and imperial interests in the region. By examining the regulations and the actual practices of disinfection adopted in these lazarettos, this chapter also shows how these institutions constructed and/or consolidated stereotypes of the 'Muslim Arab' as a 'threatening contagious body.'
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European history
History of medicine
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Social & cultural history
Society & social sciences
19th century 19th century arab body arab body Arabs Cholera european colonialism european colonialism Hajj Hejaz Hygiene islamic mediterranean islamic mediterranean Lazaretto Mecca muslim identity muslim identity Public health Quarantine sanitary councils sanitary councils
Chapter 8 Quarantine sanitization, colonialism and the construction of the 'contagious Arab' in the Mediterranean, 1830s-1900 - Manchester University Press 2018 - 1 electronic resource (35 p.) - Social Histories of Medicine .
Open Access
This chapter investigates the setting up of a network of lazarettos along the southern and eastern littorals of the Mediterranean during the nineteenth century. The fundamental thesis is that these lazarettos, constructed and frequently directed by Europeans, sustained the expansion of Western colonialism in the region. Starting with an investigation of the workings of the first Sanitary Councils - in North Africa and Ottoman-ruled ports - which preceded the International Sanitary Conferences, the study then goes on to show how maritime quarantine catered for the European powers' commercial, shipping and imperial interests in the region. By examining the regulations and the actual practices of disinfection adopted in these lazarettos, this chapter also shows how these institutions constructed and/or consolidated stereotypes of the 'Muslim Arab' as a 'threatening contagious body.'
Creative Commons
English
European history
History of medicine
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Social & cultural history
Society & social sciences
19th century 19th century arab body arab body Arabs Cholera european colonialism european colonialism Hajj Hejaz Hygiene islamic mediterranean islamic mediterranean Lazaretto Mecca muslim identity muslim identity Public health Quarantine sanitary councils sanitary councils