Sex, skulls, and citizens: gender and racial science in Argentina (1860-1910)
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Beteilige Person: Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth 1984- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt University Press [2020]
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Abstract:"Based on analysis of a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, this book argues that indigenous and white women shaped Argentine scientific racism as well as its application to projects aiming to create a white, civilized nation. The writers studied here, scientists, anthropologists, and novelists, including Estanislao Zeballos, Lucio and Eduarda Mansilla, Ramon Lista, and Florence Dixie, reflect on indigenous sexual practices, analyze the advisability and effects of interracial sex, and use the language of desire to narrate encounters with indigenous peoples as they try to scientifically pinpoint Argentina's racial identity and future potential"--
Umfang:229 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780826522726
9780826522719