Article ID: CBB992142645

Social Constructs Regarding the Physical and Sexual Energy of Whites, Indigenous South Americans and Blacks in Spanish and Colombian Primary School Reading Books between 1900 and 1960 (2017)

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This article analyses the manner in which the physical and sexual energy of the white, native South American and black populations was represented in reading books for elementary school children in Spain and Colombia between 1900 and 1960. Ninety reading books from representative authors were examined. It was found that the ideal of extraordinary physical vigour attributed to the white male was decisive in justifying Spanish imperialism, the superiority of the male in the patriarchal family and the intervention of authorities in administering people’s bodies. In the case of Spanish texts, the might attributed to the white race was shown as having a motive of pride, whereas in the Colombian case, the mixture with Native Americans and blacks tended to be used as an explanation for the ‘weakness’ of Colombians. Evidence is also found of the way in which education was implicitly conceived as a process of cultural ‘whitening’.

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Authors & Contributors
Bigelow, Allison Margaret
Mamat, Mohd Zufri
Arman, Ezwan
Henniges, Norman
Hasbullah, Maisarah
Omar A. Bravo
Concepts
Science and race
Colonialism
Education
Primary and secondary education
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Early modern
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
Spain
Americas
Colombia
United States
Malay Peninsula
Queensland (Australia)
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