Colonial scientific-medical documentary films and the legitimization of an ideal state in post-war Spain

Abstract This paper explores the role of film and medical-health practices and discourses in the building and legitimating strategies of Franco’s fascist regime in Spain. The analysis of five medical-colonial documentary films produced during the 1940s explores the relationship between mass media co...

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Main Authors: Carlos Tabernero, Isabel Jiménez-Lucena, Jorge Molero-Mesa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
Series:História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702016005009101&lng=en&tlng=en