ABSTRACT
From a perspective that takes into account mechanisms of foreign validation of Brazilian culture, this essay dialogues with Eugenics in the Garden, by Fabíola López-Durán, when analyzing an apparent change in Lucio Costa’s take on the participation of the black population in Brazilian society. Le Corbusier’s first visit to Rio de Janeiro, in 1929, seems crucial for Lucio Costa to have been able to move towards positions further removed from eugenics postulates, reproducing, from the 1930s onwards, a markedly less racist and sexist discourse compared to previous decades.
KEYWORDS
Lúcio Costa; Eugenics; Racism; Sexism; Decolonialism