The principal aim of this research is to look for the normative and political construction of illnesses considered ethnic specific, such as the sickle cell anemia, in the scope of the movements and forms of organization ...

This research is an ethnographic study of Folia de Reis , (a kind of catholic party of kings and merry-makers) that analyzes more than their rituals and practices, but also embraces the social spaces that comprise it. ...

The purpose of this dissertation is thinking the relationship between the military institution and politics in the period between 1964-1974, by an anthropological reading of the processes occurred in the core of the military ...

This dissertation presents a panorama of the graffiti s universe in São Paulo, analyzing the sociability between these street writers, know as grafiteiros , such as between these and other agents that are, some ...

Uma dissertação costuma ser fruto de esforços de muitas pessoas e instituições. Este caso não é diferente. Primeiramente agradeço a FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) que financiou a pesquisa. Gostaria ...

Our aim is to investigate the complex process of learning football in Brazil. The focus of our analysis will be an average size city in São Paulo countryside. Usually, this learning process is related to essential factors ...