Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism
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Coimbra School of Anthropology
colonial anthropology
criminal anthropology
culture
empire-building
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eugenics
evolutionism
heritage
history of anthropology
indigenous status
institutionalization of anthropology
intellectual biography
miscegenation
nation-building
national arts
population policy
Portugal
Portuguese history
Portuguese Society of Anthropology and Ethnology
positivism
post-war period
romanticism
scientific societies
social regeneration
University of Porto
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- ISBN 9781800738751
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2023
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A major contribution to the history of European anthropology, this book highlights the Porto School of Anthropology and analyses the work of its main mentor, Mendes Correia (1888-1960). It goes beyond a Portuguese focus to present a wider comparative analysis in which the colonial empire, knowledge of origins, ethnic identity and cultural practices all receive special attention. The analysis takes into account the fact that nationalism, as associated with an ethno-racial paradigm, decisively influenced discourse and scientific and political practices.
Patrícia Ferraz de Matos is an Integrated Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Education and Development Studies (CeiED) at Lusófona University since 2026. She was an Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ULisboa) (2013–2025), and is a member of the teaching staff of the PhD Programme in Anthropology at ULisboa since 2013. She is an Associate Editor of the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (2020–present), Coordinator of the Europeanist Network of the EASA (2020–2026), Deputy Director of Análise Social (2021–2026), and, since 2019, corresponding member in Portugal of HOAN (History of Anthropology Network, EASA). She is Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, elected in 2019, and since 2025 is Secretary-Elect of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE, American Anthropological Association). She is the author of The Colours of the Empire (Berghahn 2013 [Victor de Sá Prize of Contemporary History 2005]) and co-editor of Decolonizing Europe: Ethnographies of National and Transnational Projects (Berghahn 2026).
