Portugal is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Thus, the dietary patterns in Portugal include both the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the Atlantic diet (AD). This review examines the characteristics of both diets, highlighting their commonalities and unique features. This descriptive literature review analyses scientific articles on the MD and AD. It addresses the ...
Departing from the concept of orientalism, developed in 1978 by Edward Said, and later expanded in his book Culture and Imperialism (1993), I will discuss the topics of "precarious life" and "materiality of the body", proposed by Judith Butler, and apply them to a poem by Alberto Pimenta called Marthyia de Abdel Hamid (2005). I will try to show how this poem denounces the social construction of the "other" - th...