March 2017
In Brazilian eugenics and its international connections: an analysis based on the controversies between Renato Kehl and Edgard Roquette-Pinto, 1920-1930, Vanderlei Sebastião de Souza (Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste) analyze the dialogue and exchanges between Brazilian eugenicists and their counterparts abroad.
Renato Kehl(1889-1974) and Edgard Roquette-Pinto (1884- 1954) were prominent leaders among Brazilian eugenicists, but their intellectual backgrounds and projects differed sharply.
Kehl came to be known for espousing a harsher brand of eugenics, which included his defense of radical measures such as marriage restrictions and sterilization.
As an anthropologist dedicated to researching the physiological constitution of Brazilian “racial types,” Roquette-Pinto did not recognize eugenics as a tool of racial selection or segregation.
Read in Manguinhos:
Brazilian eugenics and its international connections: an analysis based on the controversies between Renato Kehl and Edgard Roquette-Pinto, 1920-1930, Vanderlei Sebastião de Souza. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos vol.23 supl.1 Rio de Janeiro Dec. 2016
See Latin Eugenics in a Transnational Context. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos vol.23 supl.1 Rio de Janeiro Dec. 2016
