Editorial: Routledge
Colección: Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature
Número de páginas: 200 págs.
Fecha de edición: 25-09-2023
EAN: 9781032197876
ISBN: 978-1-032-19787-6
Precio (sin IVA): 52,14 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 54,23 €
This book offers a substantial examination of how contemporary authors deal with the complex legacies of authoritarian regimes in various Spanish-speaking countries. It does so by focusing on works that explore an under-studied aspect: the reliance of authoritarian power on medical notions for political purposes. From the Porfirian regime in Mexico to Castro’s Cuba, this book describes how such regimes have sought to seize medical knowledge to support propagandistic ideas and marginalize their opponents in ways that transcend specific pathologies, political ideologies, and geographical and temporal boundaries.