Bodies of the Future in Ideal Societies: Representations of Eugenics in Brazilian Modernist Literature

Authors

  • Gilson Leandro Queluz Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, Paraná

Abstract

This article aims at analyzing the representations of eugenics in two utopian novels of Brazilian modernist literature: A Amazônia Misteriosa (1925) by Gastão Cruls and O Presidente Negro ou o Choque das Raças (1926) by Monteiro Lobato. Diverse and contradictory, these representations are proposals for radical and aesthetic eugenics, shaping a dense arena where fictional narratives fight each other to lure readers into certain views on nationality and science.

Author Biography

Gilson Leandro Queluz, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, Paraná

Professor of the Graduate Program in Technology (PPGTE) at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

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Issue

Vol. 5 (2008)

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Original Articles

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