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Liberating the people from their "loathsome practices: " public health and "silent racism" in post-revolutionary Bolivia / Como libertar as pessoas de "práticas abomináveis": saúde pública e "racismo silencioso" na Bolívia pós-revolucionária
Pacino, Nicole L.
  • Pacino, Nicole L; University of Alabama in Huntsville. Department of History. Huntsville. US
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 24(4): 1107-1124, out.-dez. 2017.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-892563
ABSTRACT
Abstract After the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) took power in the 1952 National Revolution, the party expanded rural public health programs to address what early twentieth-century elites called the "Indian

problem:

" the idea that indigenous culture was an impediment to Bolivia's modernization. After 1952, the MNR used public health as a project of cultural assimilation, and state-sponsored health programs sought to culturally whiten the population by transforming personal habits. This essay analyzes the language with which health workers discussed the indigenous population to show that despite the regime's intention to move away from defining the rural population on racial terms, medical and political elites continued to define indigenous customs as an obstacle to progress and a remnant of an antiquated past.
RESUMO
Resumo Quando o Movimento Nacionalista Revolucionário (MNR) assumiu o poder em 1952, programas de saúde pública rural foram usados para tratar do que as elites chamavam de "problema dos índios" a ideia de que a cultura indígena dificultaria a modernização da Bolívia. Após 1952, o MNR usou a saúde pública como projeto de assimilação cultural, e programas de saúde patrocinados pelo Estado queriam embranquecer culturalmente a população, transformando seus hábitos. Este estudo analisa a linguagem dos médicos quando falam dos indígenas para mostrar que, apesar de o regime tentar não definir a população rural em termos raciais, as elites médicas e políticas ainda enxergam os costumes indígenas como um obstáculo ao progresso e um resquício de passado antiquado.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Public Health / Rural Health / Health of Ethnic Minorities / Indigenous Peoples Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Bolivia Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Alabama in Huntsville/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Public Health / Rural Health / Health of Ethnic Minorities / Indigenous Peoples Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Bolivia Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Alabama in Huntsville/US