Building the Body: Gendered Space and Urbanization in Rio de Janeiro and New York City, 1890-1930

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dc.contributor.advisorMetcalf, Alidaen_US
dc.creatorMoehnke, Amanda Catherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T19:59:11Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-16T19:59:11Zen_US
dc.date.created2017-08en_US
dc.date.issued2017-10-20en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T19:59:12Zen_US
dc.description.abstractIn a comparative analysis of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Rio de Janeiro and New York City, this dissertation reveals how gendered space operated as a powerful structuring tool for the cities and for the bodies of inhabitants. As the physical geography of Rio and New York underwent significant growth and development from industrialization, immigration, and surging nationalism, it destabilized existing spatial divisions, and thus an important mechanism of social control. Consequently, urban development efforts sought ways to modernize the cities' appearance while maintaining hierarchies of sex, race, and class. By focusing on New York City and Rio de Janeiro- this dissertation argues that the gendering of space appealed to ideas of a biological, natural system in a time of rapid change and flux. Yet, the individual ways in which each city structured and enforced gendered space reveals the particular social values and moral codes inherent in these purportedly natural systems. This work also considers the spatial dimensions of body ideals for men and women, and it contextualizes the political, social, and symbolic implications of the movement and display of these bodies within city space, elucidating transnational commonalities and local differences.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMoehnke, Amanda Catherine. "Building the Body: Gendered Space and Urbanization in Rio de Janeiro and New York City, 1890-1930." (2017) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105461">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105461</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105461en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectBodyen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectRio de Janeiroen_US
dc.subjectNew Yorken_US
dc.subjectUrban Developmenten_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.titleBuilding the Body: Gendered Space and Urbanization in Rio de Janeiro and New York City, 1890-1930en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.majorGender and Sexualityen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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