The interconnection between science and culture is seen in Urzaiz's novel because this represents: (1) a clear portrayal of the surge of eugenic ideas in Mexico, and (2) a precedent for future eugenicists to follow while being wary about the dangerous potential of eugenics.

The envisioning of this new eugenically engineered society and its maintenance is a central preoccupation of the novel. This will allow me to observe how Hooker's ( 2017) concept of mestizo futurisms operates in the novel and the broader context of the introduction of eugenic ideas to Yucatán from 1915 to 1925.Ĭreating Villautopia, Urzaiz borrows from different strands of eugenics from the period to create a futuristic version of an able, multiracial and multicultural society. This article will analyse how Urzaiz sees the beginnings of eugenics in Mexico and its possible future outcomes. Here, embryos are implanted in males to increase the population rate, whereas the sterilisation of those deemed ‘unfit’ is routinely incentivised. Set in the year 2218, the novel describes Villautopia as a eugenically engineered society. The author uses his background as a writer, teacher and medical doctor (psychiatrist) to envision a dystopian society, located in a non-specified capital of Central America, coining it Villautopia (Utopian Villa). Eugenia is a dystopian novel written by Eduardo Urzaiz in 1919.

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