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 ...

This dissertation looks at the discussion that unfolds within the official STD/AIDS prevention model set up to provide attention to travestis involved in prostitution in the city of São Paulo. Using ethnographic methods, I ...

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the capoeira angola from the anthropology of performance perspective. Through an ethnographic record, it was aimed to trace the background of the main masters who are responsible for ...

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 ...