The School of Medicine of Bahia or the place where Peter Archanjo was beadle: representations of stereotypes about macumba, madness and crime

Authors

  • Ana Cristina de Souza Mandarino Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Estélio Gomberg Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.664

Keywords:

The School of Medicine of Bahia, The Medical Gazette of Bahia, stereotypes, Afro-Brazilian religions

Abstract

This article is aimed at discussing the prevalent ideology among the members of the School of Medicine of Bahia, how they would address the issue of madness and crime facing the new scientific paradigms of the 19th century and how they would be responsible for the design of the stereotypes on blacks, half breed and followers of Afro-Brazilian religions. We will also look through that which has become the most important scientific publication by that time – The Medical Gazette of Bahia (Gazeta Médica da Bahia) - how the ideals and values of an emerging class were disseminated with a view to maintaining an ideal - the end of the miscegenation.

Author Biographies

Ana Cristina de Souza Mandarino, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Bolsista de Desenvolvimento Científico Regional do CNPq - Nível B no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, Doutora em Comunicação e Cultura pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro -UFRJ e Professora Associada do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS. Co-organizadora das coletâneas "Leituras de Novas Tecnologias e Saúde, Leituras Afro-Brasileiras: territórios, religiosidades e saúdes" e "Racismos: olhares plurais", editada pela Editora UFBA e Autora do Livro "(Não) deu na primeira página: macumba, loucura e criminalidade", editada pela Editora UFS.

 

Estélio Gomberg, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Pós-Doutorando em Ciências Sociais (bolsista Fapesb Pós- Doc I), Doutor em Saúde Pública e Pesquisador Associado do Laboratório de Desigualdades Sociais/Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal da Bahia/UFBA e Co-organizador das coletâneas "Leituras de Novas Tecnologias e Saúde, Leituras Afro-Brasileiras: territórios, religiosidades e saúdes" e "Racismos: olhares plurais", editada pela Editora UFBA.

 

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How to Cite

Mandarino, A. C. de S., & Gomberg, E. (2015). The School of Medicine of Bahia or the place where Peter Archanjo was beadle: representations of stereotypes about macumba, madness and crime. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.664

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2010): Temático | Processos comunicacionais, religiosidades e saúdes

Section

Original articles

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