Cesare Lombroso's Legacy in Latin America : How His Controversial Popularity As a Criminologist Remains.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sansone, Livio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909.

Criminology.

Social sciences--Latin America.

Social sciences.

Local Subjects:

Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

The book differs from anything published so far because it focuses on Latin America, especially Cuba, Argentina and Brazil. The main focus is on the Brazilian context, which differs substantially from Cuba and Argentina because of the much lower intellectual density and absence of universities proper at the time. The research is based on thus far almost unexplored documents, such as those relating to the tour through Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil of members of the so-called Lombroso School in 1907 and 1910. These historical documents are interpreted and presented through an anthropologist´s eye, which makes the book more readable and, in many ways, contemporary.

Contents:

Cesare Lombroso's Legacy in Latin America

Contents

Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Racial Question in the Late 1800s

Chapter 2. The Lombroso Galaxy as Global Home Science

Chapter 3. Encounters and Clashes in South America

Chapter 4. The Role of Brazil and Latin America in the Geopolitics of Knowledge

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Sansone, Livio Cesare Lombroso's Legacy in Latin America

ISBN:

9781836955474

OCLC:

1592918789