Public Relations in the novel Tiempos recios by Mario Vargas Llosa: A literary approach to the life and work of Edward Bernays Freud

This article analyzes the novel Tiempos recios, by Mario Vargas Llosa, focusing on the interpretation of the role played by Edward Bernays Freud in the positioning of Public Relations as a scientific and professional discipline. In its first part, from reality and fiction, the story presents the Pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Valdez Orriaga, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad ORT Uruguay
Repositorio:RAD
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:rad.ort.edu.uy:20.500.11968/4235
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/inmediaciones-de-la-comunicacion/article/view/3028
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/4235
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/4235
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Public Relations
Tiempos recios
reality and fiction
public relations models
public affair
Relaciones Públicas
realidad y ficción
modelos de Relaciones Públicas
Relações Públicas
Tempos ásperos
realidade e ficção
modelos de relações públicas
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Sumario:This article analyzes the novel Tiempos recios, by Mario Vargas Llosa, focusing on the interpretation of the role played by Edward Bernays Freud in the positioning of Public Relations as a scientific and professional discipline. In its first part, from reality and fiction, the story presents the Public Relations strategies used by Bernays in favor of the banana transnational United Fruit Company, which impacted on the United States government and public opinión, as well as caused a crisis in Guatemala that ended in the overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in 1954. Within this framework, a thorough and critical reading is developed, a specific analysis of the author’s mentions of Bernays and Public Relations, and a review of the scentific literature that shows the contribution of the Austrian academic. It is concluded that Bernays and the use of Public Relations are the main support of Tiempos recios political and social plot.