Médicos maleantes y maricas
Subtitle: higiene, criminología y homosexualidad en la construcción de la nación argentina (Buenos Aires, 1871-1914)
By: Jorge Salessi.
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Estudios culturales; Estudios culturales (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina)
Publisher: B. Viterbo Editora; Beatriz Viterbo
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Rosario [Argentina]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Diseases and history -- Argentina.; Sex and history -- Argentina.; Argentina -- Historiography.
Description: "Pathbreaking study of homosexuality in Buenos Aires in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Drawing upon a wealth of information (much of it from government medical and criminal reports), Salessi shows how state officials and scientists placed homosexuality into the category  of 'disease' - a malady, which, like yellow fever, could be eradicated through proper public health measures. The subtleties and contradictions of their determination, and the basic unfairness of a system that saw machismo as the norm, make for fascinating reading"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-410).