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OverviewThis monograph discusses Portuguese eugenics within a strong international historiographical comparative framework and situates it within different regional, scientific and ideological types of eugenics in the same period. The author argues about three factors that curtailed the development of eugenics in Portugal: the low level of institutionalization, Catholic opposition and the conservative nature of the Salazar regime. The eugenic science and movement was confined to three principal expressions: individualized studies on mental health, often from a 'biotypological' perspective; a particular stance on racial miscegenation within the context of the existence of large colonies under Portuguese rule; and a diffuse model of social hygiene, maternity care and puericulture. This book not only brings to light an unstudied eugenics movement; it also invites the reader to re-think the relations between northern and southern forms of eugenics, the role of religion, the dynamic nature of eugenics in finding a home for its theories and the nature of colonialism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Cleminson (Reader in the History of Sexuality, University of Leeds)Publisher: Central European University Press Imprint: Central European University Press Volume: 5 Weight: 0.538kg ISBN: 9789633860281ISBN 10: 9633860288 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 September 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two The Birth of Eugenics in Portugal: Early Debates and the Social and Scientific Context, 1900-1933 Chapter Three Between Consolidation and Institutionalisation: Eugenics, Catholic Opposition and the Salazar Regime, 1926-1933 Chapter Four Apogee and Decline: From the Establishment of the Eugenics Society to Dissolution into the Centre for Demographic Studies, 1934-1960 Chapter Five 'Race', Eugenics and Miscegenation in the Portuguese Metropoleand 'Overseas Territories' Chapter Six ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationRichard 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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