Mercedes Fernández-Martorell facts for kids
Mercedes Fernández-Martorell is a Spanish writer and expert in anthropology. She was born in Barcelona, Spain, on November 25, 1948.
Mercedes Fernández-Martorell studied modern history and later earned a special degree called a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the University of Barcelona. Since 1980, she has been a professor of anthropology at the University of Barcelona. She teaches classes about how people live in cities, which is called urban anthropology. She also teaches about anthropology and feminism, which explores how gender roles affect society. She has written many books and articles on these subjects.
She has given lectures and courses in many places. In Spain, she has taught at universities in cities like Seville, the Basque Country, Granada, Málaga, Huelva, and the University of the Balearic Islands. Outside of Spain, she has taught in Paris, France, Mexico City, Mexico, and Genoa, Italy. Mercedes Fernández-Martorell also leads a group at the University of Barcelona called the Observatory for Construction and Meaning of Human Recreation (OCRSH).
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Books by Mercedes Fernández-Martorell
Mercedes Fernández-Martorell has written many important books. Here are some of them:
- Estudio antropológico: Una Comunidad Judía (An Anthropological Study: A Jewish Community) (1984)
- Sobre el concepto de Cultura (On the Concept of Culture) (1984)
- Leer la Ciudad (Reading the City) (1988)
- Invención del género y vida en sociedad (Invention of Gender and Life in Society) (1988)
- Sexo y Edad: Instrumentos para la vida en común (Sex and Age: Tools for Living Together) (1989)
- Creadores y vividores de ciudades. Ensayo de Antropología Urbana (Creators and City Dwellers: An Essay on Urban Anthropology) (1996)
- Caminar con leyes para comer (Walking with Laws to Eat) (1996)
- Antropología de la Convivencia (Anthropology of Coexistence) (1997)
- Crear seres humanos (Creating Human Beings) (2002)
- La Semejanza del mundo (The Likeness of the World) (2008)
- Complejidad humana (Human Complexity) (2008)
- Ideas que matan (Ideas That Kill) (2012)
- Capitalismo y cuerpo. Crítica de la razón masculina (Capitalism and Body: Critique of Masculine Reason) (2018)
Films by Mercedes Fernández-Martorell
Mercedes Fernández-Martorell has also been involved in making films. Here are some of them:
- Les Dones del 36 (The Women of '36), released in 1997.
- Ando Pensando (I'm Thinking), released in 2004.
- ¿No queríais saber por qué las matan? POR NADA (Didn't You Want to Know Why They Kill Them? FOR NOTHING), released in 2009.
External Links
- antropologia urbana.com
See also
In Spanish: Mercedes Fernández-Martorell para niños
