American Eugenics – Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism Ordover

American EugenicsRace, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism\nAuthor(s): Nancy Ordover\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816635597, 978-0816635597\nSynopsis\nTraces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life\n\nThe Nazis may have given eugenics its negative connotations, but the practice-and the science that supports it-is still disturbingly alive in America in anti-immigration initiatives, the quest for a gay gene, and theories of collective intelligence. Tracing the historical roots and persistence of eugenics in the United States, Nancy Ordover explores the political and cultural climate that has endowed these campaigns with mass appeal and scientific legitimacy. \n\nAmerican Eugenics demonstrates how biological theories of race, gender, and sexuality are crucially linked through a concern with regulating the unfit. These .