Chapter 8 Quarantine sanitization, colonialism and the construction of the ‘contagious Arab’ in the Mediterranean, 1830s–1900
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 colon...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-330062025-05-08T10:46:08Z 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 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.’ 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 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 2018 chapter 645514 OCN: 1030816307 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30515 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33006 eng Social Histories of Medicine open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30515/1/645514.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30515/1/645514.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30515/1/645514.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30515/1/645514.pdf Manchester University Press bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 Mediterranean quarantines, 1750–1914: Space, identity and power European Commission’s OpenAIRE project EU collection 35 open access |
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