Catholicism, Race and Empire

Eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-963-386-028-1
Verlag: Central European University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine

This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth century Portugal in the context of manifestations in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors limited the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalization, opposition from Catholics and the conservative nature of the Salazar regime. In Portugal the eugenic science and movement were confined to three expressions: individualized studies on mental health, often from a 'biotypological' perspective; a particular stance on racial miscegenation in the context of the substantial Portuguese colonial empire; and a diffuse model of social hygiene, maternity care and puericulture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cleminson, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – The Birth of Eugenics in Portugal: Early Debates and the Social and Scientific Context, 1900–1927 Chapter 3 – Between Consolidation and Institutionalisation: Eugenics, Catholic Opposition and the Salazar Regime, 1927–1933 Chapter 4 – Apogee and Decline: From the Establishment of the Eugenics Society to Dissolution into the Centre for Demographic Studies, 1934–1960 Chapter 5 – ‘Race’, Eugenics and Miscegenation in the Portuguese Metropole and ‘Overseas Territories’ Chapter 6 – Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cleminson, Richard
Richard Cleminson is Reader in the History of Sexuality, at the University of Leeds. His previous books include Anarchism, Science and Sex: Eugenics in Eastern Spain, 1900–1937 (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2000) and Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800 (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2013), co-authored with Francisco Vázquez García.