After Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil, I sort of lost the desire to write anything more about the country. … More
Category: Latin American Studies
Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of Latin Americans in Latin America and often also elsewhere such as Latinos/Hispanics in the United States. Latin American studies is interdisciplinary from numerous disciplines such as sociology, history, literature, political science, geography, anthropology, gender studies, and economics. Though Latin America is a fluid concept, with no fixed definition, Latin American studies is usually quite open and often includes or is closely associated with, for instance, Latino studies, Caribbean studies, and transatlantic studies.
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 3
Brazil had an opportunity to be a leading, democratic, Latin American country but lost its sense of direction. The political … More
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 2
After the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Liberal Front Party (LFP), Democratic Social Party (PMDB) and Brazilian Social … More
Decline of Brazil’s Middle Class
Although he was a left-wing, socialist president for two consecutive terms, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated that a left-wing … More
Expatriates: Dilemmas and Misconceptions
Those who have chosen to become permanent expatriates at some time or another experience a very disturbing and confusing dilemma. … More
Affirmative Action in Brazil: is it necessary?
Recently, I came across an article in Lasa Forum Spring 2013 edition in which Edward Telles and Marcelo Paixão assessed … More
Indispensability of Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology, although considered a subcategory in anthropology, has been making contributions to medicine and public health since the development … More
Black American Men and Brazilian Women
Any attempt to understand black American men and their relationships with Brazilian women must first consider cultural characteristics and the … More
US – Brazil Relations: the dynamics of consciousness and empowerment
In 2012, Dr. Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School lectured at the David Rockefeller … More
Tristes Tropiques: Revisited
When I first encountered Lévi-Strauss in graduate school, I thought the title of his monumental work sounded strange. At that … More
Self-imposed Discrimination in Brazil
When I arrived in Brazil seven years ago as an American anthropologist seeking to discover if Brazil would be a … More
Traditional Family Values in Urbanized Societies
This article presents a brief discussion about the importance of traditional cultural and family values in urbanized, industrialized societies. In … More
Unemployment & Poverty in Brazil
Although there is considerable literature on conditions of unemployment and poverty in many modernized countries, there is a penuriously small … More
The Art of Capoeira
There are many holidays celebrated in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. And on almost every occasion, you can see … More
Revolta dos Búzios – 1798
This review is organized as a history of the diverse elements of scholarship by which the field of African Diaspora … More
Landless Workers Movement (MST)
Recently, I witnessed for the second time a demonstration by the Landless Worker’s Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, or … More