Romanies within the interlocking matrix of racialization: How Ciganos in Brazil became accused of introducing an infectious disease

Brazilian medical texts sometimes forge a link between Ciganos (Romanies) and the spread of trachoma, an infectious eye disease. The form of the claim has become standardized into something like this: trachoma was brought to the country in the eighteenth century by Ciganos who were deported from Por...

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Main Author: MARTIN FOTTA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Liverpool University Press 2024-06-01
Series:Romani Studies
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Online Access:http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/rost.2024.3
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