Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940

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Autor(a) principal: Peixoto, Priscila Bermudes [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702016000500016
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/159389
Resumo: This text results from research undertaken for a master's degree that focused on the proposed introduction of prenuptial medical exams in the early 1900s in Brazil. This was strongly defended by Brazilian eugenicists as a much-needed means of bringing about the racial improvement of the population. The exam would help prevent the marriage and reproduction of individuals considered degenerate or inferior, seen as inadequate for the eugenic development of future generations. The debate in Brazil between doctors and intellectuals who supported the introduction of a law that would make a prenuptial medical exam mandatory is analyzed, as are the controversies and objections voiced by its critics, ultimately helping ensure it was not adopted in the country.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
title Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
spellingShingle Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
Peixoto, Priscila Bermudes [UNESP]
eugenics
prenuptial exam
medicine
marriage
reproduction
title_short Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
title_full Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
title_fullStr Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
title_full_unstemmed Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
title_sort Prenuptial medical exams in debate: a proposed eugenic intervention in Brazil, 1910-1940
author Peixoto, Priscila Bermudes [UNESP]
author_facet Peixoto, Priscila Bermudes [UNESP]
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Peixoto, Priscila Bermudes [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv eugenics
prenuptial exam
medicine
marriage
reproduction
topic eugenics
prenuptial exam
medicine
marriage
reproduction
description This text results from research undertaken for a master's degree that focused on the proposed introduction of prenuptial medical exams in the early 1900s in Brazil. This was strongly defended by Brazilian eugenicists as a much-needed means of bringing about the racial improvement of the population. The exam would help prevent the marriage and reproduction of individuals considered degenerate or inferior, seen as inadequate for the eugenic development of future generations. The debate in Brazil between doctors and intellectuals who supported the introduction of a law that would make a prenuptial medical exam mandatory is analyzed, as are the controversies and objections voiced by its critics, ultimately helping ensure it was not adopted in the country.
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0104-5970
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/159389
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