19th century

Intelligence in the Construction of Racial Privilege. Colombia in the 19th Century

Natalia Cobo, Universidad del Cauca

Virgin, Angel, Flower and Debility: Paradigms of the Female Image in Colombian Literature atthe Endofthe 20th Century

Luz Hincapié hincapie.l@javeriana.edu.co Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) Abstract: The conduct manuals and leaflets that were written specifically for women and that proliferated in Colombia during the 19th century reveal the way women were educated and conditioned to follow a patriarchal model in their lives as daughters, girlfriends, wives and mothers. This article first looks at […]

Some Contributions to the Study of Phrenology in Argentina during the Second Half of 19th Century

Abstract: This article aims to ponder on phrenology’s discipline plotting from an anthropologicalhistorical perspective, being phrenology a threshold from which to discuss the intellectual influence it had in Argentina. By recovering a series of case studies on this field in Argentina, we will illustrate the theoretical senses underlying the practice of anthropometric measurements and physiognomic […]