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oapen-20.500.12657-305152024-03-25T09:51:37Z Chapter 8 Quarantine sanitization, colonialism and the construction of the ‘contagious Arab’ in the Mediterranean, 1830s–1900 Chircop, John arab body 19th century european colonialism muslim identity sanitary councils islamic mediterranean arab body 19th century european colonialism muslim identity sanitary councils islamic mediterranean Arabs Cholera Hajj Hejaz Hygiene Lazaretto Mecca Public health Quarantine thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine 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.’ 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T13:00:00Z 2018-03-16 23:55 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T13:00:00Z 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T13:00:00Z 2020-04-01T13:00:00Z 2018 chapter 645514 OCN: 1030816307 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30515 eng Social Histories of Medicine application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 645514.pdf http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526113610/ Manchester University Press Mediterranean quarantines, 1750–1914: Space, identity and power 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd ae4b9ba0-b880-4211-b6eb-198051cbc0e9 47e70af6-bbda-4cd8-ad71-d6e1f5e435ef 35 8 European Commission’s OpenAIRE project open access
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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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