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Eugenesia en Buenos Aires: discursos, prácticas, historiografía / Eugenics in Buenos Aires: discourses, practices, and historiography
Armus, Diego.
  • Armus, Diego; Swarthmore College. History Department. Swarthmore. US
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 23(supl.1): 149-170, out.-dez. 2016.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-840681
RESUMEN
Resumen 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 discursos eugenésicos tuvieron los violentos métodos de selección. En los últimos años esta perspectiva ha sido revisada, señalando la viscosidad conceptual de la eugenesia y la presencia de discursos eugenésicos negativos. Este artículo comenta estos avatares historiográficos y también se detiene en las narrativas que estas perspectivas han articulado respecto del problema de la esterilización y regulación del matrimonio de quienes padecían tuberculosis en Buenos Aires durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Con ese ejemplo se intenta remarcar la necesidad de tensionar discursos y prácticas en cualquier empeño por entender el pasado.
ABSTRACT
Abstract Since the early 1990s, a series of studies underscored the overwhelming presence of positive eugenics in modern Argentina. These works emphasized the marginal role which discourse on eugenics took on violent methods for selection. In recent years, this point of view has shifted, emphasizing the conceptual viscosity of eugenics as well as the presence of negative eugenic discourses. This paper discusses these historiographic trends, and also dwells on the narratives that those perspectives articulated in relation to the question of sterilization and regulation of marriage of those who had tuberculosis in Buenos Aires during the first half of the twentieth century. This example stresses the need to examine discourse as well as practices in understanding and making sense of the past.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tuberculosis / Eugenics / Historiography Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: Swarthmore College/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tuberculosis / Eugenics / Historiography Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: Swarthmore College/US