Academic Work
Explore my research contributions to medical anthropology, migration studies, and cross-cultural understanding.
Recent Publications
Chinese women constructing and negotiating an ‘ideal’ beauty in Lisbon, or how women and aesthetical medical practitioners materialise ‘race’
Ethnographic article on how Chinese women in Lisbon and aesthetic medical practitioners negotiate ideals of beauty, and how ‘race’ is materialised through those encounters.
Branqueamento de pele
Chapter in the catalogue of the exhibition Be F**king Perfect – The Pursuit of Excellence. Co-authored with Chiara Pussetti.
The chimera manifesto: ‘the animalization of the female body’. An essay about aesthetic medicine
An essay on aesthetic medicine and the animalization of the female body.
A Lotus or a Dragon? – The orientalization and fetishization of Asian women’s bodies
On the orientalization and fetishization of Asian women’s bodies. An official English translation was published alongside the Portuguese original.
Sem este mestrado a minha história seria certamente diferente
Contribution to the volume marking twenty years of the master’s programme in migration, inter-ethnicities and transnationalism.
“Envelhecer hoje, é uma escolha”. Responsabilidades, obrigações e promessas de juventude eterna
On responsibility, obligation and the promise of eternal youth in anti-ageing practices. Co-authored with Chiara Pussetti.
Projects
Be Fu**ing Perfect: À Procura da Perfeição
Chapter on skin whitening, co-authored with Chiara Pussetti, in the catalogue of the exhibition Be F**king Perfect – The Pursuit of Excellence.
View projectEXCEL: The Pursuit of Excellence — Biotechnologies, Enhancement and Bodycapital in Portugal (PTDC/SOC-ANT/30572/2017)
The EXCEL project approaches enhancement technologies as forms of bio-investment aimed at promoting personal competitiveness, in line with a philosophy of excellence, interpreting physical and cognitive changes as voluntary processes of self-construction.
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