Sex, skulls, and citizens : gender and racial science in Argentina (1860-1910) /

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"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Ethnology > Argentina > History > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples > Argentina > History > 19th century.
Race discrimination > Argentina > History > 19th century.
Sex discrimination > Argentina > History > 19th century.
Sex > Argentina > History > 19th century.
White nationalism > Argentina > History > 19th century.
Ethnologie > Argentine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Discrimination raciale > Argentine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Discrimination sexuelle > Argentine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sexualité > Argentine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nationalisme blanc > Argentine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
Ethnology
Indigenous peoples
Race discrimination
Race relations
Sex
Sex discrimination
White nationalism
Argentina > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Argentina
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Scientific Engagements: Women, Sex, and Racial Science
  • Chapter 1: Inappropriate Relations: Indigenous Private Lives as a Matter of Public Concern
  • Chapter 2: Sex and Specimen: Desiring Indigenous Bodies
  • Chapter 3: Displaying Gender: Indigenous Peoples in the Museo de La Plata
  • Chapter 4: Degenerates or New Beginnings? Theorizing Racial Mixture in Fiction
  • Chapter 5: Defiant Captives and Warrior Queens: Women Repurpose Scientific Racism
  • Conclusion: An Enduring Legacy: The Nineteenth Century in the Twentieth and Twenty-First
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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