Abstract
The following work problematizes the reception of racialist theories within the academic context of Bahia Faculty of Medicine, as produced by the legal authorities and the police in the Bahia of the Brazilian Republic. It analyzes a set of legal cases concerning homicide and attempted homicide to have occurred in Salvador, as well as theses presented to the Faculty and reports produced in the state’s prison facilities. Based on a reading of Nina Rodrigues and several theses proposed by medical graduates inspired by his theories and those of Lombroso, we seek to understand their reception inside and outside the academic sphere, where they seem to have better flourished. In a dialogue with a variety of authors are Michel Foucault’s concepts of biopolitics and biopower, as a means of understanding the phenomenon of the racialization of justice based on specific medical knowledge.
Highlights
The following work problematizes the reception of racialist theories within the academic context of Bahia Faculty of Medicine, as produced by the legal authorities and the police in the Bahia of the Brazilian Republic
Résumé Ce travail met en perspective la réception, dans le contexte académique de la Faculté de médecine de Bahia, des théories racialistes produites par les autorités judiciaires et policières de la Bahia républicaine
A análise do saber médico produzido em torno da criminalidade e do criminoso na Bahia republicana, quando colacionada aos pronunciamentos de autoridades jurídicas e policiais, registrados em alguns processos dos crimes contra a pessoa e a vida do mesmo período, permite apreender as expectativas de interpretação da criminalidade e do criminoso a partir do conhecimento médico científico, bem como aferir a recepção daquele conhecimento e suas respectivas teorias no âmbito das práticas jurídico-policiais
Summary
The following work problematizes the reception of racialist theories within the academic context of Bahia Faculty of Medicine, as produced by the legal authorities and the police in the Bahia of the Brazilian Republic. Crimes et criminels dans la Salvador (1890-1930) : Thèses médicales, discours et réception juridico-policière
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