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040			_aOSt _bcat
041			_aeng
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080			_a314:575
100	1		_aStepan, Nancy _92695
245	1	4	_aThe hour of eugenics : _brace, gender, and nation in Latin America / _cNancy Leys Stepan
250			_aReimpresió (1ª ed. 1922)
260			_aNew York ; London : _bCornell University Press, _c1991
300			_aviii, 210 p. ; _c23 cm
504			_aInclou índex.
520			_aEugenics was a term coined in 1883 to name the scientific and social theory which advocated "race improvement" through selective human breeding. In Europe and the United States the eugenics movement found many supporters before it was finally discredited by its association with the racist ideology of Nazi Germany. Examining for the first time how eugenics was taken up by scientists and social reformers in Latin America, Nancy Leys Stepan compares the eugenics movements in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina with the more familiar cases of Britain, the United States, and Germany. In this highly original account, Stepan sheds new light on the role of science in reformulating issues of race, gender, reproduction, and public health in an era when the focus on national identity was particularly intense. Drawing upon a rich body of evidence concerning the technical publications and professional meetings of Latin American eugenicists, she examines how they adapted eugenic principles to local contexts between the world wars. Stepan shows that Latin American eugenicists diverged considerably from their counterparts in Europe and the United States in their ideological approach and their interpretations of key texts concerning heredity.
650		7	_2lemac _913605 _aEugenèsia _xHistòria _zAmèrica Llatina
655		7	_961 _aAMÉRICA LATINA _fLATIN AMERICA _iAMÈRICA LLATINA _2popin
655		7	_91083 _aEUGENESIA _fEUGENICS _iEUGENÈSIA _2popin
655		7	_91563 _aGÉNERO _fGENDER _iGÈNERE _2popin
655		7	_918 _aHISTORIA _fHISTORY _iHISTÒRIA _2popin
655		7	_92696 _aNACIÓN _fNATION _iNACIÓ _2popin
655		7	_91082 _aRAZA _fRACE _iRAÇA _2popin
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