The Chilean exception: racial homogeneity, mestizaje and eugenic nationalism.
Scholarship on race in Latin America has overwhelmingly characterized racial mixture as a unique feature of the political and social landscape there. Studies of eugenics in Latin America especially highlight the relative pragmatism regarding race mixing in contrast to eugenics elsewhere. However, an...
| Published in: | Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 105 - 126 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=135846146&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 135846146 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14701847 55M jtl: Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies issn: 14701847 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2019 vid: 25 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 135846146 10.1080/14701847.2019.1579499 ppf: 105 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.2MB tig: atl: The Chilean exception: racial homogeneity, mestizaje and eugenic nationalism. aug: au: Walsh, Sarah affil: Department of History, Washington State University, Pullman, USA su: Eugenics Nationalism Race identity Scholarships Chileans Latin America sug: subj: Latin America Eugenics Nationalism Race identity Scholarships Chileans keyword: Chile immigration policy racial thought whiteness studies ab: Scholarship on race in Latin America has overwhelmingly characterized racial mixture as a unique feature of the political and social landscape there. Studies of eugenics in Latin America especially highlight the relative pragmatism regarding race mixing in contrast to eugenics elsewhere. However, an acceptance of race mixing did not preclude the persistence of racial hierarchy among Latin American racial theorists. Examining the development of eugenics in Chile, this article reveals how notions of racial plasticity existed alongside that of racial superiority. Specifically, it contends that Chilean racial exceptionalism in the early twentieth century was predicated on the idea that some types of racial mixture were better than others. Conveniently for Chileans, their mostly indigenous and European ancestry was one such preferred combination. Yet, racial mixing was only desirable insofar as it resulted in a homogeneous national population. This combination of ideas functioned much like white supremacy in other parts of the world. Using historical texts, popular and medical periodicals, and visual images produced between 1900 and 1950, this paper will demonstrate how race science in Chile reconciled the nation's history of racial mixture with its claims to racial homogeneity and superiority relative to the rest of Latin America. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|