Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research
Andrea Allen
MTS , PhD (Harvard)
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Adjunct Professor Office: Lawson Hall 3253 Research |
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Publications
- "'Brides'without Husbands: Lesbians in the Afro-Brazilian Religion Candomblé," Transforming Anthropology, 20(1):17-31 (April 2012).
- "Candomblé: An Afro-Brazilian Religion" in Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora, ed. Carole Boyce Davies (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO 2008).
- Linda Barnes, Andrea Allen, Melicia Charles, Azande Mangeango, and Kenneth L. Fox, "Healing in Immigrant Communities of the African Diaspora of Boston" in Religious Healing in Boston: Report from the Field, ed. Susan Sered (Cambridge, MA: Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University Divinity School 2002).
Presentations
- “Political Will Versus Cultural Realities: The Efficacy of ‘Rights-Based’ LGBTQ Activism in Brazilian Society.” Sexual Citizenship, Human Rights, and Social Change. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, 14-18, 2012.
- Invited Lecture:“I Took Her Blood: Intimate Partner Violence Among Lesbian Women in Salvador, Brazil.” Anthropology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, October 9, 2012.
- “Brazil Interruptus: Lesbians and the Brazilian Culture of Sexuality.” American Anthropology, Queer Configurations of Race and Nation, American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17-21, 2010.
- “To be or not to be a ‘lady’: Androcentric and Hommo-sexual Hegemony in Brazil.” Latin American Sexualities: Past, Present, and Future, Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Ontario, October 6-10, 2010.
- “Female same-sex sexuality, race, and nationalism in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil,” The Body, Power, and Identity Seminar, Center for Afro-Oriental Studies, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, July 30-31, 2009.