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 1

Brazil is a country saturated with corruption. From the small, family-owned mom and pop neighborhood grocery store to the hallowed … More

Although he was a left-wing, socialist president for two consecutive terms, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated that a left-wing … More

Those who have chosen to become permanent expatriates at some time or another experience a very disturbing and confusing dilemma. … More

Recently, I came across an article in Lasa Forum Spring 2013 edition in which Edward Telles and Marcelo Paixão assessed … More

Any attempt to understand black American men and their relationships with Brazilian women must first consider cultural characteristics and the … More

In 2012, Dr. Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School lectured at the David Rockefeller … More

When I first encountered Lévi-Strauss in graduate school, I thought the title of his monumental work sounded strange. At that … More

When I arrived in Brazil seven years ago as an American anthropologist seeking to discover if Brazil would be a … More

Although there is considerable literature on conditions of unemployment and poverty in many modernized countries, there is a penuriously small … More

There are many holidays celebrated in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. And on almost every occasion, you can see … More

This review is organized as a history of the diverse elements of scholarship by which the field of African Diaspora … More

Recently, I witnessed for the second time a demonstration by the Landless Worker’s Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, or … More

It is the intention of the editor to present a series of texts written by some of the most … More

Anyone that has traveled to Brazil can not help but be impressed with the warm, light- hearted, friendly spirit … More

One Sunday in February, 2008 when my wife and I were living in the bairro of Itapúa which is situated … More