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- Title
Baroque Toxicology: Discourses on Smoke and the Polemics of Tobacco in 17th Century Spain.
- Authors
de la Flor, Fernando Rodríguez; Méndez, Germán Labrador
- Abstract
The objective of this text is to trace the emergence of tobacco in Hispanic Baroque culture by examining the discourses that sought to legally control its appearance, use, and diffusion within the larger context of the commercial exploitation of the American continent. In order to achieve this goal, it will first be necessary to situate this polemic within the larger sphere of practices surrounding the symbolic acclimatization of indigenous realities. Secondly, the distinct textual moments covered by said polemic will be analyzed. An initial period characterized by favorable naturalistic descriptions of the plant was soon replaced by a negative conception from a theological and moral standpoint. Finally, tobacco was integrated into practices of social control that focused on its hygienic uses. As a central component of this polemic, we will study in depth a text by Doctor Cristóbal Hayo, professor of medical surgery at the University of Salamanca during the mid XVlI-Century. This text represents not only the most fervent but also the last defense of the plant during said period. This essay was translated by Patricia A. Marshall.
- Subjects
SPAIN; SALAMANCA (Spain); HAYO, Cristobal; TOBACCO; TOXICOLOGY; UNIVERSIDAD de Salamanca; MARSHALL, Patricia
- Publication
South Atlantic Review, 2007, Vol 72, Issue 1, p112
- ISSN
0277-335X
- Publication type
Essay