Tag: São Paulo Research Foundation

  • One hundred and twenty-nine years after the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and despite the myth of racial democracy, race-based prejudice is still widespread in Brazilian society – so much so that it can be found even in “interracial families”. This is the conclusion of a study by social psychologist Lia Vainer Schucman.

  • The final pillar of the debunked ‘racial democracy’? Post-doctorate research project exposes racism and racial hierarchies within interracial families

  • Study analyzes ambiguities in the works of Aluísio Azevedo Agência FAPESP: News Agency of the Sao Paulo Research Foundation 2011-06-08 Karina Toledo Agência FAPESP —The Mulatto, by Aluísio Azevedo, is a title that refers to the collective human state. It does not mention a character or a specific situation, but rather a human category that is…

  • Empathetic eye Agência FAPESP: News Agency of the Sao Paulo Research Foundation 2011-06-08 Fábio de Castro Agência FAPESP – In 1865, an expedition led by Swiss natural scientist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) of Harvard University travelled around Brazil for 15 months to study the country. Among the voluntary collectors that participated in the expedition was a…

  • Japanese migration to Brazil was part of a peaceful expansionist policy Agência FAPESP: News Agency of the Sao Paulo Research Foundation 2012-07-25 Elton Alisson USP historian Shozo Motoyama makes the above assertion in a study on the first stage of Japanese immigration to Brazil, which covers the process of cultural integration Agência FAPESP – Japanese…

  • Masculinity and whiteness in the construction of the Brazilian Republic Agência FAPESP: News Agency of the São Paulo Research Foundation 2013-06-12 José Tadeu Arantes Sexual discipline and whitening of the population were the guidelines of the conservative modernization promoted by the elite, affirms study Agência FAPESP – Masculinity and whiteness were the ideals of the…