Maxine L. Margolis, Ph.D.
Title : Professor
Interests : Transnational migration, Women's roles in the United States, Gender roles cross-culturally, Anthropological theory, Anthropological ecology, Frontier agriculture, Brazil; United States; Paraguay
Programs : Cultural Anthropology
Personal Statement
My research specialties include Brazilian culture and society, international migration and gender roles cross-culturally. I have done field work in Brazil, Paraguay, and the United States. My most recent book, True to Her Nature (Waveland 2000), analyzes the material causes for shifts-- from Colonial days to the present--in American attitudes towards women's employment, housework and child care. Over the last decade my research has taken a new focus: Brazilian emigration to the United States. I conducted the first academic studies of this new migrant flow. This interest has resulted in the publication of two books, Little Brazil: Brazilian Immigrants in New York City (Princeton University Press, 1994) and An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City (Allyn & Bacon 1998), as well as numerous articles. It has also led me to develop a course, Seminar in Transnational Migration.
Office
Grinter Hall, Room 309
PO 117305
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
Phone Number : 352-392-0690
Email : maxinem@anthro.ufl.edu
Webpage : http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/maxinem
