‘De estatura regular’: Height and Filipino bodily representations in the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898)

This article seeks to contribute to the "history of height" in the Philippines by looking at Filipino bodily representations and height differences during the Spanish colonial period. From Pigafetta's account onward, European chroniclers typically described Indios (natives) as having...

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Main Author:	Lasco, Gideon
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2020
Subjects:	height colonialism racial science historical anthropology medical history Development Studies Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.dev-stud-faculty-pubs-10592021-07-22T08:37:11Z ‘De estatura regular’: Height and Filipino bodily representations in the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898) Lasco, Gideon This article seeks to contribute to the "history of height" in the Philippines by looking at Filipino bodily representations and height differences during the Spanish colonial period. From Pigafetta's account onward, European chroniclers typically described Indios (natives) as having average, varied, or unremarkable height. However, during the nineteenth century a new discourse emerged: that of a short-statured Filipino. Likely the consequence of actual physical changes and nascent racial ideologies on the part of Spaniards, this view would set the stage for Filipinos to be typologized as "short"—and for shortness to be problematized as a sign of racial and social inferiority. 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/60 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/752536 Development Studies Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo height colonialism racial science historical anthropology medical history Development Studies Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology
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description	This article seeks to contribute to the "history of height" in the Philippines by looking at Filipino bodily representations and height differences during the Spanish colonial period. From Pigafetta's account onward, European chroniclers typically described Indios (natives) as having average, varied, or unremarkable height. However, during the nineteenth century a new discourse emerged: that of a short-statured Filipino. Likely the consequence of actual physical changes and nascent racial ideologies on the part of Spaniards, this view would set the stage for Filipinos to be typologized as "short"—and for shortness to be problematized as a sign of racial and social inferiority.
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title	‘De estatura regular’: Height and Filipino bodily representations in the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898)
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‘De estatura regular’: Height and Filipino bodily representations in the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898)

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