Linda Lewin

Professor

Contact

Office: 3224 Dwinelle Hall
Hours: Thursday 2-3pm, and by appointment
Phone: (510) 642-2932
Email:

Education

B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Columbia University

Selected Publications

"The Oligarchical Limitations of Social Banditry in Brazil: The Case of the 'Good' Thief Antonio Silvino," Past and Present 82 (Feb.1979): 231-62.

Politics and Parentela in Paraiba: A Case Study of Family-Based Politics in Brazil (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987).

"Natural and Spurious Children in Brazilian Inheritance Law from Colony to Empire: A Methodological Essay," The Americas XLVIII (January 1992), 351-96.

"Who Was 'o Grande Romano'? Genealogical Purity, the Indian 'Past,' and Whiteness in Brazil's Northeast Backlands, 1750-1900," Journal of Latin American Lore 19 (1996):129-179.