Médicos maleantes y maricas: higiene, criminología y homosexualidad en la construcción de la nación argentina (Buenos Aires, 1871-1914)

"Pathbreaking study of homosexuality in Buenos Aires in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Drawing upon a wealth of information (much of it from government medical and criminal reports), Salessi shows how state officials and scientists placed homosexuality into the category of 'disea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salessi, Jorge (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:Spanish
Published: Rosario [Argentina] B. Viterbo Editora 1995
In:Year: 1995
Edition:1. ed
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Keywords:
Diseases and history > Argentina
Sex and history > Argentina
Argentina > Historiography
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Summary:"Pathbreaking study of homosexuality in Buenos Aires in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Drawing upon a wealth of information (much of it from government medical and criminal reports), Salessi shows how state officials and scientists placed homosexuality into the category of 'disease' - a malady, which, like yellow fever, could be eradicated through proper public health measures. The subtleties and contradictions of their determination, and the basic unfairness of a system that saw machismo as the norm, make for fascinating reading"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-410)
Physical Description:413 S, 20 cm
ISBN:9508450312