During the twentieth century, genes were considered the controlling force of life processes,
and the transfer of DNA the definitive explanation for biological heredity. Such views shaped …

CHAPTER V eugenICS And raCISM (1938–1943) 223 1. Biological racism and hereditarian
eugenics 225 2. environmentalist eugenics: Psychological and Anthropo-geographical …

En la década de 1990, algunos estudios subrayaron la dominante presencia de la
eugenesia positiva en la Argentina moderna. Enfatizaban en el lugar marginal que en los …

Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these
stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and …

Summary Eugenics emerged in Latin America in the early 20th century on the intellectual
foundations of 19th-century social Darwinism and positivism, and expanded in contexts …

In 1932, the Mexican state of Veracruz passed Latin America's only eugenic sterilization law.
Building on the foundational scholarship of Nancy Leys Stepan, this article critically …

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW JUNE 2015 are lavishly illustrated with images that do
justice to the subject matter and to the scholarly interpretation. In order to fully appreciate …

Este texto aborda, desde una historia situada, aspectos centrales de la biopolítica eugénica
desde la perspectiva de su funcionalidad para la construcción de la identidad nacional. En …

The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a
commonplace of everyday life. Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one …

Este estudio es, en primer lugar, un ejercicio de visibilización de la obra de Alicia Moreau
de Justo–una de las figuras centrales del feminismo sufragista argentino-y un primer paso …