The Spanish Flu: Narrative and Cultural Identity in Spain, 1918 PDF
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The Spanish Flu Other Publications The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919: Emerging Perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas (Co-edited volume with Marí a-Isabel Porras-Gallo, forth- coming in 2014) The Spanish Flu Narrative and Cultural Identity in Spain, 1918 Ryan A. Davis THE SPANISH FLU Copyright © Ryan A. Davis, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-33920-1 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-46439-5 ISBN 978-1-137-33921-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137339218 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davis, Ryan A. The Spanish flu : narrative and cultural identity in Spain, 1918 / Ryan A. Davis. pages cm 1. Influenza Epidemic, 1918–1919—Spain. 2. Influenza—Spain— History—20th century. 3. Influenza Epidemic, 1918–1919—Social aspects—Spain. I. Title. RC150.55.S7D38 2013 614.5(cid:2)1809041—dc23 2013014742 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A Cecily, S., F., A. y N. y a todas aquellas almas que han dormido en el olvido por esa epidemia que llaman olvidada This page intentionally left blank C O N T E N T S List of Figures and Table ix Acknowledgments xi Permissions xiii Introduction: Epidemic Genre and Spanish Flu Narrative(s) 1 One A Mundane Mystery: Framing the Flu in the First Epidemic Wave 27 Two Of Borders and Bodies: The Second Wave Begins 47 Three A Tale of Two States: Between an Epidemic and a Sanitary Spain 6 9 Four F iguring (out) the Epidemic: Don Juan and Spanish Influenza 1 03 Five Visualizing the Spanish Flu Nation: Citizens, Characters, and Cartoons 1 37 Conclusion: A Telling Epidemic, A Storied Nation 171 Notes 179 Bibliography 229 Index 249 This page intentionally left blank F I G U R E S A N D T A B L E Figures 1.1 Biologists 4 4 3.1 Mi ñó n inhaler advertisement 98 4.1 The braggart microbe 106 4.2 Layers of embeddedness in L a canci ó n del olvido 1 19 4.3 Singing the Naples Soldier 126 4.4 Latest news 129 5.1 Influenza 143 5.2 Excessive courtesy 1 44 5.3 Meningitis, paralysis and even madness 150 5.4 Instructions for combatting the flu 153 5.5 The flu again? 154 5.6 An unscrupulous woman 155 Table 4.1 Visual images of the Naples Soldier 1 25
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