The essay explores the Italian side of the story of the so-called "Hottentot Venus": from Lombroso's interest in the purity of the race, to the late Fascist invention of its miscegenation in support of colonial racial laws.

'Defeding the Race'. The Italian reinvention of the Hottentot Venus

SORGONI, Barbara
2003-01-01

Abstract

The essay explores the Italian side of the story of the so-called "Hottentot Venus": from Lombroso's interest in the purity of the race, to the late Fascist invention of its miscegenation in support of colonial racial laws.
2003
8
3
411
424
colonial anthropology; racial theories; Fascism
Sorgoni B
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