Christina Queiroz

LITERATURE

Modernism revisited

Researchers rethink the São Paulo avant-garde movement's place in the Brazilian cultural scene

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INTERVIEW

Elisa Pereira Reis: A pioneering look at social inequality

A student of the ruling elite, researcher advocates continued development of comparative studies to gain a better understanding of social phenomena

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DEMOGRAPHY

Entry strategy

In less than a decade, new dynamics in migration flows and key features of legislation have led to a 34-fold increase in requests for asylum in Brazil

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History

Seeking freedom and survival

Slave women used strategies to purchase their liberation and obtain employment

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LEGISLATION

A rainbow of demands

LGBT rights begin to gain respect through legal actions filed with the judicial branch

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COVER

Unequal improvement

Improved access to basic education has been accompanied by an increase in learning gaps

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Social Sciences

Routes in transformation

São Paulo has become the main distribution center for popular Chinese products in Brazil, replacing Ciudad del Este in Paraguay

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EDUCATION

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

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OBITUARY

Historiographical pioneer

Historian leaves an important legacy for understanding the abolition of slavery in Latin America

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OBITUARY

A philosopher of everyday life

Oswaldo Porchat was teacher and mentor to multiple generations

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OBITUARY

A heterodox in Brazilian political thought

Oliveiros Ferreira became known for his unorthodox thinking

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HISTORY

Health between two worlds

Africans acted as bloodletters and midwives in the 19th century

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LITERATURE

Lima Barreto as a chronicler of post-Abolition Brazil

A biography of Lima Barreto marks the genre’s resurgence in academia

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AUDIOVISUAL ARTS

The inner city speaks for itself

Inner city video activists show their own vision of São Paulo

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LETTERS

Brazilian literature in transit

Books with exotic stories characterized early translations of Brazilian authors

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Anthropology

The Bororo on-screen

The first ethnographic documentary was made 100 years ago

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HISTORY

Ways to obtain freedom and survive

Slave women used certain strategies to purchase their freedom

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Indigenous Policy

A strategy of enticement

Imperial government sought to push native peoples off their lands

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IMMIGRATION

Unity from a distance

Italians in Brazil developed the notion of Italianness

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ART

Transnational hillbillies

Almeida Junior created his figures with the naturalist painting from Europe

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EDUCATION

Religion and politics in education

European Catholic congregations met the need for schools in Brazil

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LITERATURE

The prostitute as poetic figure

Study explores the significance of the prostitute in Brazilian modernism

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