@article{fdi:010079037,
  title = {{E}bola imaginaries and the {S}enegalese outbreak : anticipated nightmare and remembered victory},
  author = {{D}esclaux, {A}lice},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lthough {S}enegal experienced a single 'imported' {E}bola case, this epidemiological event was experienced locally as a full outbreak in its first phase. {T}wo imaginaries developed in parallel: the nightmare of an uncontrolled infectious threat bringing social disruption and spreading through {S}enegal to other continents; and the vision of an efficient mobilization of the national public health system as a model for other {W}est {A}frican countries hit by {E}bola. {B}ased on field data, the article analyses how these antagonistic imaginaries shaped the national narrative of the epidemic and affected its interpretations on an international level. {T}he health system's capacity to control the epidemic gradually dominated the nightmare fantasy in the national narrative, and has effectively articulated a technical discourse and protective measures rooted in lay perceptions - in particular the physical distancing of risk. {C}harles {R}osenberg's model for analysing the temporality of epidemic narratives, which distinguishes four phases (progressive revelation, agreement on an explanatory model, political and ritual action, and closure), proved to be relevant, provided that two phases were added. {T}hese phases - before the beginning and after the end of the epidemiological event - appear significant in terms of the social production of the meaning of epidemics.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frica},
  volume = {90},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {148--166},
  ISSN = {0001-9720},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0001972019000986},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079037},
}