The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s
Abstract This article analyzes healthy child contests as a medical and socio-political strategy implemented in Latin America to protect childhood, thus ensuring the future of the “race” and the nation. These contests blended degeneration, racial theories, and state interventionism and gained momentu...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
2023-04-01
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| description | Abstract This article analyzes healthy child contests as a medical and socio-political strategy implemented in Latin America to protect childhood, thus ensuring the future of the “race” and the nation. These contests blended degeneration, racial theories, and state interventionism and gained momentum in the 1930s with the rise of eugenics. This article examines the contest in Colombia, which was implemented under the Liberal Republic (1930-1946); even though this competition was defined by its national context, a broader international perspective improves understanding. Questions are also raised about the efforts of the Liberal government to strengthen the idea of national identity through education and health programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a6c646b76494ef0a9c32cc330bfcdfa2023-04-04T07:32:16ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-47582023-04-013010.1590/s0104-59702023000100005enThe Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930sIván Darío Olaya Peláezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-3770Abstract This article analyzes healthy child contests as a medical and socio-political strategy implemented in Latin America to protect childhood, thus ensuring the future of the “race” and the nation. These contests blended degeneration, racial theories, and state interventionism and gained momentum in the 1930s with the rise of eugenics. This article examines the contest in Colombia, which was implemented under the Liberal Republic (1930-1946); even though this competition was defined by its national context, a broader international perspective improves understanding. Questions are also raised about the efforts of the Liberal government to strengthen the idea of national identity through education and health programs.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702023000100203&lng=en&tlng=enhealthy child contestColombiachild protectionracial improvementeugenics |
| spellingShingle | Iván Darío Olaya Peláez The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos healthy child contest Colombia child protection racial improvement eugenics |
| title | The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s |
| title_full | The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s |
| title_fullStr | The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s |
| title_short | The Colombian Healthy Child Contest: in search of Latin America’s “ideal child” in the 1930s |
| title_sort | colombian healthy child contest in search of latin america s ideal child in the 1930s |
| topic | healthy child contest Colombia child protection racial improvement eugenics |
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