Cleminson, R (2019) “Per la conservació de la raça catalana”: The Catalan Eugenics Society (1935–1937). Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 25 (1). pp. 11-33. ISSN 1470-1847
Abstract
This article expands on existing work done on the Catalan Eugenics Society and its focus on Josep Vandellós, a demographer and organiser of the Society. It places the Catalan Eugenics Society within the growing volume of work on the international, particularly “Latin” eugenics movement. In doing so, it explores discourse on questions of “race,” immigration and “national” identity as refracted through the nascent eugenics movement and the political concerns of the time in Catalonia. In particular, the article assesses the question of “racial mixing” between Catalans and Spaniards from other regions and argues that, rather than rejecting miscegenation outright, Vandellós valued certain mixes as part of a eugenic project to fortify and maintain the Catalan “race” in the face of population loss and the dissolution of Catalan identity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies on 27 Feb 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14701847.2019.1579493. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Catalan eugenics; Josep Vandellós; miscegenation; Latin eugenics; race |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2019 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14701847.2019.1579493 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142333 |