Abstract

GUTIERREZ, María-Teresa. The process of institutionalization of hygiene: the state, health and hygiene in Colombia in the first half of the 20th century. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.1, pp.73-97. ISSN 0124-0579.

This paper seeks to set out the process by which national elites made major efforts to the hygiene apparatus in Colombia a responsibility of the national state. The motivations behind this were a mix of racial, medical and social reasons. During this period, Colombian doctors, thanks to a racial ideology, built a pro-hygiene narrative in which they argued for the importance of institutionalizing the hygiene apparatus. The paper’s analysis is based upon legislation, reports to the National Congress and medical conferences. The sources have been studied from the perspective of discourse analysis.

Keywords : hygienism; institutionalization; racial theories.

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