Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century

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Podgorny, Irina
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2014
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Allegedly kidnapped from a secret city in Central America, the Aztec children began a showmans career in the early-1850s. They died around 1900, after being observed by countless pathologists and ethnologists from Europe and the US. Most of the literature on the Aztec children has emphasized racial theories, the imperial gaze, and the character of ethnological shows, where monstrosity and ethnicity were practically synonymous. Less attention has been paid to the fact that scientists continuously insisted that the case was false, an argument that instead of debunking the myth of the Aztec children, contributed to establishing the Aztecs as a matter of fact. In examining the case of the Aztec children, this essay aims to explore what can be called the shifting nature or elusiveness of falsehood.
Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Archivo Histórico; Argentina
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Microcephaly
Archaeology
Ethnological Exhibitions
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
spellingShingle Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Podgorny, Irina
Microcephaly
Archaeology
Ethnological Exhibitions
title_short Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_full Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_fullStr Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_full_unstemmed Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_sort Falsehood on the Move. The Aztec Children and Science in the Second Half of the 19th Century
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Podgorny, Irina
author Podgorny, Irina
author_facet Podgorny, Irina
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Microcephaly
Archaeology
Ethnological Exhibitions
topic Microcephaly
Archaeology
Ethnological Exhibitions
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Allegedly kidnapped from a secret city in Central America, the Aztec children began a showmans career in the early-1850s. They died around 1900, after being observed by countless pathologists and ethnologists from Europe and the US. Most of the literature on the Aztec children has emphasized racial theories, the imperial gaze, and the character of ethnological shows, where monstrosity and ethnicity were practically synonymous. Less attention has been paid to the fact that scientists continuously insisted that the case was false, an argument that instead of debunking the myth of the Aztec children, contributed to establishing the Aztecs as a matter of fact. In examining the case of the Aztec children, this essay aims to explore what can be called the shifting nature or elusiveness of falsehood.
Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Archivo Histórico; Argentina
description Allegedly kidnapped from a secret city in Central America, the Aztec children began a showmans career in the early-1850s. They died around 1900, after being observed by countless pathologists and ethnologists from Europe and the US. Most of the literature on the Aztec children has emphasized racial theories, the imperial gaze, and the character of ethnological shows, where monstrosity and ethnicity were practically synonymous. Less attention has been paid to the fact that scientists continuously insisted that the case was false, an argument that instead of debunking the myth of the Aztec children, contributed to establishing the Aztecs as a matter of fact. In examining the case of the Aztec children, this essay aims to explore what can be called the shifting nature or elusiveness of falsehood.
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