Isabel Pires
Biographic Data
| ID | 827797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel Pires |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Pires |
| SIGNATURE | PIRES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4324-8220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Chinese women constructing and negotiating an 'ideal' beauty in Lisbon, or how women and aesthetical medical practitioners materialise 'race
In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that the notion of 'race', despite its unequivocal lack of biological or scientific validity, continues to shape contemporary discourse and practices. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with Chinese women in Lisbon and white Portuguese doctors, this article examines beauty contexts to explore the tangible manifestations of the supposed biological basis of 'race'. This article argues that both gro…
Um Lótus ou um Dragão? - a orientalização e fetichização dos corpos das mulheres Asiáticas
Este artigo provém das entrevistas realizadas com mulheres Chinesas residentes em Lisboa, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 34 anos, no decorrer da primeira fase do trabalho de campo (2021/2022). Resultante do meu projeto de Doutoramento em Antropologia aqui busco compreender como mulheres asiáticas são observadas na experiência do quotidiano enquanto organismos fetichizados e como seguem (re)construindo as suas identidades. Percorrendo e…
A Lotus or a Dragon? - The orientalization and fetishization of Asian women’s bodies
This article stems from interviews conducted with Chinese women residing in Lisbon, aged 18-34, during the initial phase of fieldwork (2021/2022). As an outcome of my Anthropology Ph.D. project, the focus here is on comprehending the perception of Asian women within the realm of everyday life as fetishized entities and how they persist in (re)shaping their identities. By primarily examining visual “yellow fever” depictions (in Hollywood cinema th…
Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West
The Meticulous Irreverence of José Lopes e Silva: Some Comments on Two Staged Works
This paper aims to highlight the originality and irreverence of José Lopes e Silva’s (1937–2019) music theatre works. Lopes e Silva was an exceptionally talented guitarist and an extremely inventive composer. However, while his work as a guitarist has received wide international recognition, his work as a composer has been largely overlooked and seems to be somewhat forgotten. Drawing on documents from the Lopes e Silva collection, we will discus…
A indústria do branqueamento em Lisboa: Uma Etnografia Das Práticas E Produtos Para O Branqueamento Da Pele E Seus Riscos Para a Saúde Dermatológica
Por meio de um exercício de walking ethnography, pretendemos apresentar uma etnografia da oferta cosmética destinada à despigmentação da pele no coração de Lisboa, focando num fragmento da cidade que junta diferentes propostas e produtos estéticos: spas chineses, salões de beleza e cabeleireiros africanos, lojas do comércio dito "étnico" ligado a imigrantes e portugueses descendentes de populações asiáticas ou africanas. Definimos esse passeio co…
Preservation and technological obsolescence: Portuguese contemporary musical heritage in perspective
This paper seeks to put into perspective the current situation of preservation and performability of a certain Portuguese contemporary music, known as Portuguese musical avant-garde, focusing on the preservation of experimental music from 1960 onwards. This strives to problematise this subject by not only presenting the creative context to these specific musical works but also the main priorities around their documentation and preservation. Furth…
A ficção cética
Antimicrobial activity of Terminalia macroptera root
A indústria do branqueamento em Lisboa: Uma Etnografia Das Práticas E Produtos Para O Branqueamento Da Pele E Seus Riscos Para a Saúde Dermatológica
Por meio de um exercício de walking ethnography, pretendemos apresentar uma etnografia da oferta cosmética destinada à despigmentação da pele no coração de Lisboa, focando num fragmento da cidade que junta diferentes propostas e produtos estéticos: spas chineses, salões de beleza e cabeleireiros africanos, lojas do comércio dito "étnico" ligado a imigrantes e portugueses descendentes de populações asiáticas ou africanas. Definimos esse passeio co…
Preservation and technological obsolescence: Portuguese contemporary musical heritage in perspective
This paper seeks to put into perspective the current situation of preservation and performability of a certain Portuguese contemporary music, known as Portuguese musical avant-garde, focusing on the preservation of experimental music from 1960 onwards. This strives to problematise this subject by not only presenting the creative context to these specific musical works but also the main priorities around their documentation and preservation. Furth…
Antimicrobial activity of Terminalia macroptera root
A ficção cética
Preservation and technological obsolescence: Portuguese contemporary musical heritage in perspective
This paper seeks to put into perspective the current situation of preservation and performability of a certain Portuguese contemporary music, known as Portuguese musical avant-garde, focusing on the preservation of experimental music from 1960 onwards. This strives to problematise this subject by not only presenting the creative context to these specific musical works but also the main priorities around their documentation and preservation. Furth…
A indústria do branqueamento em Lisboa: Uma Etnografia Das Práticas E Produtos Para O Branqueamento Da Pele E Seus Riscos Para a Saúde Dermatológica
Por meio de um exercício de walking ethnography, pretendemos apresentar uma etnografia da oferta cosmética destinada à despigmentação da pele no coração de Lisboa, focando num fragmento da cidade que junta diferentes propostas e produtos estéticos: spas chineses, salões de beleza e cabeleireiros africanos, lojas do comércio dito "étnico" ligado a imigrantes e portugueses descendentes de populações asiáticas ou africanas. Definimos esse passeio co…
The Meticulous Irreverence of José Lopes e Silva: Some Comments on Two Staged Works
This paper aims to highlight the originality and irreverence of José Lopes e Silva’s (1937–2019) music theatre works. Lopes e Silva was an exceptionally talented guitarist and an extremely inventive composer. However, while his work as a guitarist has received wide international recognition, his work as a composer has been largely overlooked and seems to be somewhat forgotten. Drawing on documents from the Lopes e Silva collection, we will discus…
Um Lótus ou um Dragão? - a orientalização e fetichização dos corpos das mulheres Asiáticas
Este artigo provém das entrevistas realizadas com mulheres Chinesas residentes em Lisboa, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 34 anos, no decorrer da primeira fase do trabalho de campo (2021/2022). Resultante do meu projeto de Doutoramento em Antropologia aqui busco compreender como mulheres asiáticas são observadas na experiência do quotidiano enquanto organismos fetichizados e como seguem (re)construindo as suas identidades. Percorrendo e…
A Lotus or a Dragon? - The orientalization and fetishization of Asian women’s bodies
This article stems from interviews conducted with Chinese women residing in Lisbon, aged 18-34, during the initial phase of fieldwork (2021/2022). As an outcome of my Anthropology Ph.D. project, the focus here is on comprehending the perception of Asian women within the realm of everyday life as fetishized entities and how they persist in (re)shaping their identities. By primarily examining visual “yellow fever” depictions (in Hollywood cinema th…
Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West
Chinese women constructing and negotiating an 'ideal' beauty in Lisbon, or how women and aesthetical medical practitioners materialise 'race
In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that the notion of 'race', despite its unequivocal lack of biological or scientific validity, continues to shape contemporary discourse and practices. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with Chinese women in Lisbon and white Portuguese doctors, this article examines beauty contexts to explore the tangible manifestations of the supposed biological basis of 'race'. This article argues that both gro…
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