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From the Regime Ethnologists to the Democratic Generation: Histories of Portugu...

Portugal is considered marginal in relation to the European scene. And yet it was in this country, 30 years ago, that European anthropology began to think of and formally constitute itself as such. This chapter presents a historical overview of the evolution of the various traditions of anthropology in Portugal from the end of the nineteenth century, the period of disciplinary consolidation, to the present. The...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who looks the youngest of us all? An art-based auto...

In contemporary society, marked by a prevalent emphasis on visual culture, there is a widespread desire to combat the effects of ageing, largely influenced by ageist media portrayals that idealise youthful bodies as the epitome of attractiveness and health. Faced with increased vulnerability due to ageism, sexism, classism and lookism, women often aspire to ‘eternal youth’ in line with societal norms and aesthe...

Be fu**ing perfect. À procura da perfeição da dieta à cirurgia plástica

Covibesity and the weight of the norms. A cultural epidemic

How we shape and socially present our body has extraordinary social importance: appe arance is our first business card by which people frame and judge us. This evaluation ends up con ditioning our daily lives, from social to professio nal opportunities. In Portugal, as in many other contexts, one of the most important criteria for determining whether someone is healthy and be autiful is thinness. In a society w...

Foreword: the modifiable flesh: rethinking body and identity projects, moving b...

La ricerca dell'eccellenza in tempi di crisi. Biotecnologie, enhancement e capi...

The Hacked Barbie. A workshop series to (de)construct contemporary bodies and s...

Does gravity always win? Ageing experiences and models of perfection from an ar...

Fuckin’ perfect? The politics of desirability

Ri-fare Umanità. Appunti per un’antropologia della perfezione