Open-access Gender and public understanding of science: darwinism in the 19th century Brazilian press

In the recent works about Brazilian public understanding of science, gender has been poorly used as an analytical category. This paper has as its main goal to bridge this gap by analyzing a section called 'Letters for a Lady', in the journal O Vulgarizador that sought to teach all about Darwinism to women in the Brazil of the 19th century. So the notion of gender will help us understand the tension between masculinity and femininity in the text written by the literary critic Rangel S. Paio.

Public Understanding of Science; Darwinism; Gender


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