| Sex, Skulls, and Citizens: Gender and Racial Science in Argentina (1860-1910) Contributor(s): Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826522718 ISBN-13: 9780826522719 Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press OUR PRICE: $98.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Science | History |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2019027141 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: PROSE Awards Subject Category Finalist, 2021--Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology Analyzing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens argues that Argentine scientific projects of the era were not just racial encounters, but were also conditioned by sexual relationships in all their messy, physical reality. The writers studied here (an eclectic group of scientists, anthropologists, and novelists, including Estanislao Zeballos, Lucio and Eduarda Mansilla, Ram n 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. Kerr's reach extends into history of science, literary studies, and history of anthropology, illuminating a scholarly time and place in which the lines betwixt were much blurrier, if they existed at all. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerr, Ashley Elizabeth: - Ashley Elizabeth Kerr is an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Idaho. |