Medical documentary films under Franco’s regime

June 2017

“Spanish and Moroccan women [are] drawn together by their shared misfortune … if disease does not make distinctions, science does not grant privileges either.” (“Sick people at Ben-Karrich,” documentary).

The paper Colonial scientific-medical documentary films and the legitimization of an ideal state in post-war Spain explores the role of film and discourses in the building and legitimating strategies of Franco’s fascist regime in Spain.

Carlos Tabernero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Isabel Jiménez-Lucena (University of Malaga) and Jorge Molero-Mesa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) present a study of five medical-colonial documentary films produced during the 1940s. They explore especially the relationship between mass media practices and techno-scientific knowledge production.

According to the paper, these films portray a non-problematic colonial space where social order is articulated through scientific-medical practices and discourses that match the regime’s need to consolidate and legitimize itself.

Read more:

Tabernero, Carlos, Jiménez-Lucena, Isabel and Molero-Mesa, Jorge. Colonial scientific-medical documentary films and the legitimization of an ideal state in post-war Spain. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2016, no.ahead, p.0-0. ISSN 0104-5970

Gudiño Cejudo, María Rosa. Un recorrido por el acervo filmográfico de la Secretaría de Salud de México. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2012, vol.19, no.1, p.325-334. ISSN 0104-5970

Gudiño, María Rosa and Sosenski, Susana. El teatro guiñol, la televisión mexicana y la educación para la salud a mediados del siglo XX. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Ene 2017, vol.24, no.1, p.201-221. ISSN 0104-5970

Dierking, Lynn D. Lessons without limit: how free-choice learning is transforming science and technology education. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2005, vol.12, p.145-160. ISSN 0104-5970

Castejón, Ramón, Perdiguero, Enrique and Ballester, Rosa. Los medios de comunicación al servicio de la lucha antivenérea y la protección de la salud materno-infantil (1900-50). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2006, vol.13, no.2, p.411-437. ISSN 0104-5970

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