Hygienism in Brazilian science fiction: from utopia to dystopia

This paper intends to measure the reach and the influence exercised by the hygienist social movement and by the eugenics in literary works of a determined genre, works produced in distinct historical moments. O Presidente Negro (1926), by Monteiro Lobato, 3 Meses no Século...

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Autor: Giroldo, Ramiro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Literatura e Autoritarismo
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/73926
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/73926
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hygienism
Utopy
Science fiction
Higienismo
Utopia
Ficção científica
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Sumario:This paper intends to measure the reach and the influence exercised by the hygienist social movement and by the eugenics in literary works of a determined genre, works produced in distinct historical moments. O Presidente Negro (1926), by Monteiro Lobato, 3 Meses no Século 81 (1947), by Jeronymo Monteiro and Fazenda Modelo (1974), by Chico Buarque, objects of the study, are categorized as utopian or dystopian science fiction. To undertake its objective, the paper articulates proposals about Hygienism in Brazil to the notion of science fiction as literary genre.