The importance given to the genealogical studies and family biographies in the brazilian Eugenics Campaign in the first decades of the 20th century

Authors

  • William Vaz de Oliveira CAp-UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/CEF-v32n2-2019-16

Abstract

The aims of this article is to analyze the importance given to genealogical studies, to studies on human pedigree, the family biographies, the laws of heredity and genetic control of populations, in the speeches and eugenics practices developed in Brazil in the first decades of the twentieth century. 

KEYWORDS: Eugenics. Heredity. Genealogy. Population.

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Author Biography

William Vaz de Oliveira, CAp-UERJ

Historiador e Psicólogo. Doutor em História Social pela Universidade Federal Fluminense. Professor Adjunto I de História do Instituto de Aplicação Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira (CAp-UERJ).

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Published

2020-02-29

How to Cite

Oliveira, W. V. de. (2020). The importance given to the genealogical studies and family biographies in the brazilian Eugenics Campaign in the first decades of the 20th century. Caderno Espaço Feminino, 32(2), 316–331. https://doi.org/10.14393/CEF-v32n2-2019-16

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Artigos