Aleš Hrdlička and the Boundaries of Whiteness

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Aleš Hrdlička and the Boundaries of Whiteness

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Scholars recognize Czech-American Aleš Hrdlička (1869–1943) as a founding father of physical anthropology in the United States. Most recently, Samuel Redman’s Bone Rooms (2016) devotes many of its pages to Hrdlička. As the Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution from 1910 until 1941, Hrdlička played an authoritative role in defining racial categories in America. This paper uses fresh archival research, including previously neglected Czech-language material, to demarcate the borders Hrdlička set for the white race. As America’s leading expert on race, Hrdlička often gave friendly advice to ordinary people who wrote to him with their questions about racial categories. In some cases, Hrdlička’s judgments about racial identity had weighty legal consequences, as in the controversial White Earth litigation (1916–1920) concerning land allotments to Anishinaabe Indians. This chapter examines Hrdlička’s pronouncements on four specific groups: Finns, Jews, Slavs, and Koreans. Curious citizens hoped that Hrdlička could use science to clarify the murky boundaries of the white race. However, his conception of whiteness reflected little more than his own personal priorities and cultural values.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Aleš Hrdlička and the Boundaries of Whiteness

Popis výsledku anglicky

Scholars recognize Czech-American Aleš Hrdlička (1869–1943) as a founding father of physical anthropology in the United States. Most recently, Samuel Redman’s Bone Rooms (2016) devotes many of its pages to Hrdlička. As the Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution from 1910 until 1941, Hrdlička played an authoritative role in defining racial categories in America. This paper uses fresh archival research, including previously neglected Czech-language material, to demarcate the borders Hrdlička set for the white race. As America’s leading expert on race, Hrdlička often gave friendly advice to ordinary people who wrote to him with their questions about racial categories. In some cases, Hrdlička’s judgments about racial identity had weighty legal consequences, as in the controversial White Earth litigation (1916–1920) concerning land allotments to Anishinaabe Indians. This chapter examines Hrdlička’s pronouncements on four specific groups: Finns, Jews, Slavs, and Koreans. Curious citizens hoped that Hrdlička could use science to clarify the murky boundaries of the white race. However, his conception of whiteness reflected little more than his own personal priorities and cultural values.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

An Unfamiliar America: Essays in American Studies

ISBN

978-0-367-55141-4

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

65-82

Počet stran knihy

264

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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