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Pérez, Oscar A.,
Medicine, power, and the authoritarian regime in Hispanic literature / Oscar A. Pérez. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. - ix, 157 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature. .
Based on author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pathologies of madness in the Porfiriato -- Infectious parenthood and child welfare during the first Francoism -- Medical practice during the last Argentinian dictatorship -- Confinement and HIV/AIDS in Cuba's special period -- Literature, medicine, and authoritarian power: a recapitulation.
"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"--
9781032197876 1032197870 9780367722845 0367722844
Spanish American fiction
Authoritarianism in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Medicine in literature.
Diseases in literature.
PQ7082.N7 / M43 2022
860.93581 / P944
Medicine, power, and the authoritarian regime in Hispanic literature / Oscar A. Pérez. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. - ix, 157 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature. .
Based on author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pathologies of madness in the Porfiriato -- Infectious parenthood and child welfare during the first Francoism -- Medical practice during the last Argentinian dictatorship -- Confinement and HIV/AIDS in Cuba's special period -- Literature, medicine, and authoritarian power: a recapitulation.
"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"--
9781032197876 1032197870 9780367722845 0367722844
Spanish American fiction
Authoritarianism in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Medicine in literature.
Diseases in literature.
PQ7082.N7 / M43 2022
860.93581 / P944