ABSTRACT

In the summer of 1946, a landowning bourgeoisie organized the II Livestock Exhibition of Tierra del Fuego, and the Argentinian Navy filmed the introduction of twenty Canadian beavers in the region. Both events echoed power disputes between a military government seeking to nationalize lands and capitals and the European landowners whose privileges were threatened. The events show that landowners and state officers negotiated their interests by articulating Argentina’s white exceptionalism with animals and against racialized others. Interrogating the interspecies articulation of whiteness in Tierra del Fuego during the 1940s, I examine how sheep and beavers helped secure white privilege through land concentration, breeding, racial purification, nature modernization, and eugenic moralities. To answer these questions, I analyze documents and films from local and national archives. My analysis shows the entangled racialization of humans and animals and its effects, including the appropriation of the Fuegian and native identification categories by settlers and the state. This article demonstrates that ‘White Argentina’ is a project desiring to live not only among white citizens but also among white animals. More broadly, I argue that including animals in race and ethnicity studies can better explain the intersectional production of race inequalities.

摘要

1946 年夏天，地主资产阶级组织了火地岛第二届牲畜展，阿根廷海军在该地区拍摄了 20 只加拿大海狸的介绍。这两个事件都反映了寻求将土地和首都国有化的军政府与特权受到威胁的欧洲地主之间的权力纠纷。这些事件表明，地主和州官员通过用动物表达阿根廷的白人例外主义并反对种族化的其他人来协商他们的利益。审视 1940 年代火地岛白度的种间表达，我研究了绵羊和海狸如何通过土地集中、繁殖、种族净化、自然现代化和优生道德帮助确保白人特权。要回答这些问题，我分析来自地方和国家档案馆的文件和电影。我的分析显示了人类和动物纠缠不清的种族化及其影响，包括定居者和国家对火地岛和土著身份类别的挪用。这篇文章展示了“白色阿根廷”是一个不仅希望生活在白人公民中，而且希望生活在白色动物中的项目。更广泛地说，我认为将动物纳入种族和民族研究可以更好地解释种族不平等的交叉产生。这篇文章展示了“白色阿根廷”是一个不仅希望生活在白人公民中，而且希望生活在白色动物中的项目。更广泛地说，我认为将动物纳入种族和民族研究可以更好地解释种族不平等的交叉产生。这篇文章展示了“白色阿根廷”是一个不仅希望生活在白人公民中，而且希望生活在白色动物中的项目。更广泛地说，我认为将动物纳入种族和民族研究可以更好地解释种族不平等的交叉产生。