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. Medicine, Power, and the
Authoritarian Regime in Hispanic Literature brings together the
work of literary scholars, cultural critics, and historians of
medicine, arguing that contemporary authors have actively
challenged authoritarian narratives of medicine and disease. In
doing so, they continue to re-examine the place of these regimes in
the collective memory of Latin America and Spain.
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