Marriages and more. Eugenic discourse on mate selecting process. The case of Viva Cien Años magazine, 1935-1947
The main objective of this article, addresses the issue of selecting, ranking and classifying mates proposed by eugenics as a scientific discipline during the thirties in Argentina. In order to achieve this, we analyze the mechanisms of discursive construction from a wide circulation media (the case...
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I15-R237-article-5922020-12-07T22:07:58Z Marriages and more. Eugenic discourse on mate selecting process. The case of Viva Cien Años magazine, 1935-1947 Matrimonios y algo más. Discurso eugénico en torno al proceso de selección de pareja. El caso de la revista Viva Cien Años. 1935-1947 Linares, Luciana Eugenesia Matrimonio Pareja Selección Eugenics Marriage Couple Selection The main objective of this article, addresses the issue of selecting, ranking and classifying mates proposed by eugenics as a scientific discipline during the thirties in Argentina. In order to achieve this, we analyze the mechanisms of discursive construction from a wide circulation media (the case of the Viva Cien Años magazine) which advised about forming marriages. We will see how an intertextuality is stablished between several discourses -as is the case of medical discourse , academic, political , religious , etc.-, that bring to follow a kind of recipe in order to choose the right partner. The argument underlying these mechanisms, trying to persuade mostly women , is based on the pursuit of racial improvement and the optimization of heritable characteristics , as a part of the " duty to the Fatherland.". These issues served as the backbone of a discourse rooted in the ideal of healthy and strong people, which the eugenicists and other professionals took and tried to spread. according to their pedagogical objective , on the one hand and their preventive objective, on the other. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal, abordar la cuestión del proceso de selección, jerarquización y clasificación propuesto por la eugenesia como disciplina científica vigente en el país durante la década del treinta. Para ello, analizaremos los mecanismos de construcción discursiva por los cuales desde un medio de comunicación con amplia difusión (el caso de la revista Viva Cien Años), se aconseja acerca del “deber ser” de las parejas a la hora de formar matrimonios. Veremos de qué manera se establece una intertextualidad entre discursos variados -como es el caso del discurso médico, académico, político, religiosos, etc.- que se encausan en una especie de receta a seguir para elegir al cónyuge correcto. La discusión que subyace estos mecanismos, que intentan persuadir principalmente a las mujeres, se basa en la búsqueda de la mejora racial y la optimización de caracteres heredables, haciendo de esto parte del “deber para con la Patria”. Estas cuestiones actuaron como la columna vertebral de un discurso arraigado en la idea de pueblo sano y fuerte. Discurso que eugenistas y distintos profesionales tomaron e intentaron difundir, con un objetivo pedagógico, por un lado y preventivo por otro. Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2016-07-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v13n14a04 10.35305/ac.v13i14.592 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 13 No. 14 (2016): Primer Semestre; 89-109 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 13 Núm. 14 (2016): Primer Semestre; 89-109 2422-6580 1514-3899 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v13n14a04/647 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v13n14a04/896 |
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The main objective of this article, addresses the issue of selecting, ranking and classifying mates proposed by eugenics as a scientific discipline during the thirties in Argentina. In order to achieve this, we analyze the mechanisms of discursive construction from a wide circulation media (the case of the Viva Cien Años magazine) which advised about forming marriages. We will see how an intertextuality is stablished between several discourses -as is the case of medical discourse , academic, political , religious , etc.-, that bring to follow a kind of recipe in order to choose the right partner. The argument underlying these mechanisms, trying to persuade mostly women , is based on the pursuit of racial improvement and the optimization of heritable characteristics , as a part of the " duty to the Fatherland.". These issues served as the backbone of a discourse rooted in the ideal of healthy and strong people, which the eugenicists and other professionals took and tried to spread. according to their pedagogical objective , on the one hand and their preventive objective, on the other. |
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