Miguel Vale de Almeida

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Miguel Vale de Almeida, Portuguese anthropologist.
Miguel Vale de Almeida, Portuguese anthropologist.

Miguel Vale de Almeida (b. August 21, 1960 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, and professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) in Lisbon. He is currently editor-in-chief of the journal Etnográfica and member of CEAS-ISCTE and APA. He was Visiting Professor (Tinker Fellowship) Dept of Anthropology and Latin American Studies’ Center, University of Chicago in the spring of 2006.

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[edit] Research interests

  • Gender, Sexuality, Body
  • ‘Race’, Ethnicity, Ethnopolitics
  • Post-colonial studies, Creoleness
  • Portugal, Brazil, Afro-Diaspora

[edit] Books

  • An Earth-Colored Sea. "Race", Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World - Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books. (2004)
  • The Hegemonic Male: Masculinity in a Portuguese Town. Oxford and Providence: Berghahn Books. (2004)
  • Outros Destinos. Ensaios de Antropologia e Cidadania - Porto: Campo das Letras. (2004)
  • Um Mar da Cor da Terra. "Raça", Cultura e Política da Identidade - Oeiras: Celta. (2000)
  • Corpo Presente: Treze Reflexões Antropológicas sobre o Corpo (org.) - Oeiras: Celta. (1996)
  • Senhores de Si: Uma Interpretação Antropológica da Masculinidade - Lisboa: Fim de Século, colecção “Antropológica”. (primeira edição: 1995).

[edit] Degrees

  • 2000, ISCTE / Tenure.
  • 1994, PhD Social Anthropology, ISCTE.
  • 1986, Master’s Degree in Anthropology (Mestrado), State University of New York, Binghamton, E.U.A.
  • 1983, BA Anthropology, FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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