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'''Raquel Brailowsky-Cabrera''' was a Paraguayan-born Puerto Rican social anthropologist and Professor of [[Anthropology]] and [[Sociology]] at the [[Interamerican University of Puerto Rico]], San Germán Campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |title=Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424051932/http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
'''Raquel Brailowsky-Cabrera''' was a Paraguayan-born Puerto Rican social anthropologist and Professor of [[Anthropology]] and [[Sociology]] at the [[Interamerican University of Puerto Rico]], San Germán Campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |title=Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424051932/http://www.sg.inter.edu/deptosociales/default-4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 22 November 2024
Raquel Brailowsky-Cabrera was a Paraguayan-born Puerto Rican social anthropologist and Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Asunción, Paraguay, she came to Puerto Rico at an early age. She hold a BA from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras and a MA and PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
She published extensively on topics like popular culture and folklore. Her research focused on the mask festivities of the northern area of Puerto Rico. Her thesis, A Study of Popular Culture: Masked Festivities in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, studies Puerto Rican popular culture.[2] She is also the author of the Anthropology chapter in Lina Torres's textbook Introduction to Social Sciences.[3] Other research includes women, medicinal plants,[4] and the Caribbean. She was a member of national and international organizations such as the Caribbean Studies Association,[5] Latin American Studies Association[6] and Puerto Rico's Historians Association.
Education
[edit]- BA in humanities, magna cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras.
- MA in history and PhD in social anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
References
[edit]- ^ "Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Animales y Plantas - Mundo natural en estado puro".
- ^ Plantas Medicinales de Puerto Rico (Open Library). OL 14748908M.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Caribbean Studies Association". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ^ "Latin American Studies Association: Welcome". pitt.edu. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- Living people
- Social anthropologists
- Puerto Rican anthropologists
- Paraguayan anthropologists
- Paraguayan emigrants to Puerto Rico
- Paraguayan Jews
- Puerto Rican sociologists
- People from Asunción
- Stony Brook University alumni
- University of Puerto Rico alumni
- Women sociologists
- Paraguayan women anthropologists
- Puerto Rican women anthropologists
- American people of Paraguayan descent