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‘Never Forget Syphilis’: Public Health, Modernity and Gender in the Discourse of Previsión Social during the Trujillato

Year: 2008

Type: book

Abstract: This is an introduction to the study of public health during the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina (1930-1961). The essay shows how the dictatorship sought to advance the regime's agenda of patriarchal modernity making women responsible for the health of the nation. The essay extensively cites issues of the periodical publication Previsión Social.

Source: CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York)

Author: Melissa Madera

Language: English

Topic: History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Tinker Foundation, City University of New York, Syracuse University, State University of New York, Binghamton University, U.S. National Library of Medicine

OpenAlex ID: W2582425358

FWCI: 1.773

Cites: 20

Cited by: 1

Related to: 9