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Anthropologie et Sociétés

Généalogie des représentations et attitudes face aux épidémiesau Québec depuis le XIXe siècleDenis Goulet and Othmar Keel

L’univers du sidaVolume 15, Number 2-3, 1991

URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/015183arDOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/015183ar

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Cite this articleGoulet, D. & Keel, O. (1991). Généalogie des représentations et attitudes faceaux épidémies au Québec depuis le XIXe siècle. Anthropologie et Sociétés,15(2-3), 205–228. https://doi.org/10.7202/015183ar

Article abstractThe Genealogy of Représentations and Attitudes Towards Epidémies in Québecsince the 19th CenturyThis article présents various historical parameters which are linked to theattitudes of the général population and médical fïelds confronted withinfectious and transmitted diseases in view of a better understanding of theexcessive fears elicited by AIDS. The authors' reflections are based on theevolution of the concept of infection in the 19th century and ils socialimplications in campaigns of hygiene during the first decades of the presentcentury, mainly with regard to tuberculosis and venerai diseases. Excessivefear of infection, guilt reactions and attitudes of rejection and stigmatization ofthe infected individual are closely related to various social and ethicalproblems raised by AIDS.