Title |
Biotipologia, regionalismo e a construção de uma identidade corporal brasileira no plural, década de 1930
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Published in |
História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, December 2016
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DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702016000500007 |
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Authors |
Ana Carolina Vimieiro-Gomes |
Abstract |
This article investigates regional biotypological studies and the construction of biological deterministic discourses about the Brazilian identity in the 1930s. Biotypological research was undertaken to determine the normal body type of the Brazilian man, using its peculiar classificatory lexicon. Studies into the bodily profile of specific regions, like the northeast and São Paulo state, featured in this research. In the context of the contemporary debates about race, miscegenation, and national identity, these investigations were geared towards biological determinism and the influence of the environment and social and cultural aspects on the bodily development of Brazilians. It is shown how regional biotypological studies echoed racial, normalizing, exclusive viewpoints and contributed to the construction of a miscegenated Brazilian bodily identity. |
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