Medicine, State and Reproduction in Brazil at the beginnings of the twentieth century

This article shows that medical specialties involving women, reproduction, and sexuality -specialties that gained relevancy in the initial decades of the 20th century- are linked to the production of eugenicist and nationalist politics in Brazil. It analyzes scientific production in the fields of gy...

• Main Author: Rohden, Fabiola (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: gender; reproduction; maternity; nation; medicine; eugenics; Brazil; género; reproducción; maternidad; nación; medicina; eugenesia; Brasil
• Online Access: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/221