{"product_id":"sex-skulls-and-citizens-ashley-elizabeth-kerr-9780826522719","title":"Sex, Skulls, and Citizens: Gender and Racial Science in Argentina (1860-1910)","description":"\u003cb\u003ePROSE Awards Subject Category Finalist--Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, 2021 \u003cbr\u003e Best Nineteenth-Century Book Award, Latin American Studies Association Nineteenth-Century Section, 2021​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Analyzing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, \u003ci\u003eSex, Skulls, and Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Argentine scientific projects of the era were not just racial encounters, but were also conditioned by sexual relationships in all their messy, physical reality. \u003cp\u003eThe writers studied here (an eclectic group of scientists, anthropologists, and novelists, including Estanislao Zeballos, Lucio and Eduarda Mansilla, Ram Lista, and Florence Dixie) reflect on Indigenous sexual practices, analyze the advisability and effects of interracial sex, and use the language of desire to narrate encounters with Indigenous peoples as they try to scientifically pinpoint Argentina's racial identity and future potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerr's reach extends into history of science, literary studies, and history of anthropology, illuminating a scholarly time and place in which the lines betwixt were much blurrier, if they existed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Elizabeth Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826522718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826522719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Ashley Elizabeth Kerr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057465028863,"sku":"9780826522719","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b722603-7ca0-475d-8009-ec94fa7173bc.jpg?v=1685047136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-skulls-and-citizens-ashley-elizabeth-kerr-9780826522719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}