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NBN Episodes hosted by Patrícia:

Latin American Studies April 10, 2020

A Miscarriage of Justice

Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil

Cassia Roth

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While the negotiation of ideals of nationhood and citizenship have traditionally fallen under the purview of landmark court decisions, state reforms, and the political exigencies of statesmen, Cassia Roth's new …
Gender Studies January 14, 2020

Governing Bodies

American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique

Rachel Louise Moran

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How did the modern, American body come into being? According to Rachel Louise Moran this is a story to be told through the lens of the advisory state. In her …
Gender Studies October 24, 2019

Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India

The Hijra, c.1850-1900

Jessica Hinchy

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Until Jessica Hinchy’s latest book, Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), there was no single monograph dedicated to the history of the …
Latin American Studies July 30, 2019

Progressive Mothers, Better Babies

Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945

Okezi Otovo

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Okezi Otovo’s Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945 (U Texas Press, 2016) explores the intersecting histories of race, gender, and class in modern …
Science, Technology, and Society July 22, 2019

The Experimental Imagination

Literary Knowledge and Science in the British Enlightenment

Tita Chico

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Can science be seductive? According to Tita Chico, the answer is a resounding yes. In her new book, The Experimental Imagination: Literary Knowledge and Science in the British Enlightenment (Stanford …
Latin American Studies July 5, 2019

Frontiers of Citizenship

A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil

Yuko Miki

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Yuko Miki’s book, Frontiers of Citizenship: A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil (Cambridge University Press, 2018), was the recent recipient of LASA’s 19th-century section Honorable Mention for Best …
Science, Technology, and Society July 4, 2019

The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America

Greta LaFleur

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In The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018), Greta LaFleur invites readers to consider a different body. The book effectively historicizes categories that are …