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Sex, Skulls, and Citizens : Gender and Racial Science in Argentina (1860-1910) /

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a Conclusion: An Enduring Legacy: The Nineteenth Century in the Twentieth and Twenty-First -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 
520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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