Los secretos para un feliz matrimonio. Género y sexualidad en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX
ON THE BASIS OF THE ABUNDANT MEDICAL-PRESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE ABOUT HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE, THE AUTHOR SHOWS HOW IT WAS USED AS A "SCIENTIFIC" INSTRUMENT FOR SHORING UP GENDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE FAMILY IN THE DESIGN OF THIS NEW MODERN NATION THAT BEGAN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH C...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repository: | Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3156 |
| Online Access: | https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/3156 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | HISTORIA CULTURAL HIGIENE SIGLO XIX MEDICINA OBSTETRICIA GÉNERO SEXUALIDAD MATRIMONIO CUERPO FEMENINO HISTORIA DE LA FAMILIA CULTURAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY HYGIENE MEDICINE OBSTETRICS GENDER SEXUALITY MARRIAGE FEMALE BODY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY |
| Summary: | ON THE BASIS OF THE ABUNDANT MEDICAL-PRESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE ABOUT HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE, THE AUTHOR SHOWS HOW IT WAS USED AS A "SCIENTIFIC" INSTRUMENT FOR SHORING UP GENDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE FAMILY IN THE DESIGN OF THIS NEW MODERN NATION THAT BEGAN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN MEXICO. HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE WAS WRITTEN BY DOCTORS TO PROVIDE HEALTH TIPS AND ENABLE MARRIED COUPLES TO LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY. THESE MANUALS ENABLE ONE TO DISCOVER THE NEW ECONOMY OF DRIVES THAT THE AUTHORITIES SOUGHT TO IMPOSE ON MARRIED COUPLES IN THE 19TH CENTURY, SINCE IT WAS ALSO THE PLACE WHERE PHYSICIANS ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO TALK ABOUT "THAT THING" WHICH WOULD SOON BE CALLED SEXUALITY. |
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