Shari Orisich
Biographic Data
| ID | 112811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shari Orisich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shari |
| FAMILY NAME | Orisich |
| SIGNATURE | ORISICH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8288-3238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
For the Creation of Strong Children, Beautiful and Intelligent”
This article examines the link between eugenics, youth, and the nation in Mexico City from 1920-1940. Eugenicists, far from being a homogenous group, couched their work as a “patriotic duty” and placed proper child development at the forefront of plans for national renovation in the first decades after the revolution. From scientific journals, Pan-American Congresses, and records from the Juvenile Court in Mexico City, the voices of non-elite act…
What 'Difference' Does a Camera Make? Crime, Youth, and Representation in Mid-Century Mexico City
This article examines the discourse on juvenile crime in mid-century Mexico City through an analysis of visual culture namely the nota roja genre of sensationalist press, and the role photography played in 'capturing' delinquency. Placing visual technologies like photography as more active players in nation-building, the article traces the social role of photography in shaping moral panics and public perceptions of crime. Not breaking entirely fr…
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds
In the last decade, historians have shown increasing interest in prisons as the subject of critical inquiry. This scholarship has sought to understand the greater dimensions of social control, the difficulties in wholly translating Western institutional models to Latin American societies, and the ways in which the criminal-justice and penitentiary systems have reflected states’ exclusionary practices based on class, ethnicity, race, and gender. M…
For the Creation of Strong Children, Beautiful and Intelligent”
This article examines the link between eugenics, youth, and the nation in Mexico City from 1920-1940. Eugenicists, far from being a homogenous group, couched their work as a “patriotic duty” and placed proper child development at the forefront of plans for national renovation in the first decades after the revolution. From scientific journals, Pan-American Congresses, and records from the Juvenile Court in Mexico City, the voices of non-elite act…
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds
In the last decade, historians have shown increasing interest in prisons as the subject of critical inquiry. This scholarship has sought to understand the greater dimensions of social control, the difficulties in wholly translating Western institutional models to Latin American societies, and the ways in which the criminal-justice and penitentiary systems have reflected states’ exclusionary practices based on class, ethnicity, race, and gender. M…
For the Creation of Strong Children, Beautiful and Intelligent”
This article examines the link between eugenics, youth, and the nation in Mexico City from 1920-1940. Eugenicists, far from being a homogenous group, couched their work as a “patriotic duty” and placed proper child development at the forefront of plans for national renovation in the first decades after the revolution. From scientific journals, Pan-American Congresses, and records from the Juvenile Court in Mexico City, the voices of non-elite act…
What 'Difference' Does a Camera Make? Crime, Youth, and Representation in Mid-Century Mexico City
This article examines the discourse on juvenile crime in mid-century Mexico City through an analysis of visual culture namely the nota roja genre of sensationalist press, and the role photography played in 'capturing' delinquency. Placing visual technologies like photography as more active players in nation-building, the article traces the social role of photography in shaping moral panics and public perceptions of crime. Not breaking entirely fr…
Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Juvenile delinquency (2 works) · Law (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works)