Raimundo Nina Rodrigues

Raimundo Nina Rodrigues
Born(1862-12-04)December 4, 1862
Vargem Grande, Maranhão, Empire of Brazil
DiedJuly 17, 1906(1906-07-17) (aged 43)
Paris, France
EducationFaculdade de Medicina da Bahia

Raimundo Nina Rodrigues (December 4, 1862 – July 17, 1906) was a Brazilian coroner, psychiatrist, professor, writer, anthropologist and ethnologist. A notable eugenicist, he was also a dietologist, tropicalist, sexologist, hygienist, biographer and epidemiologist.

Nina Rodrigues is considered the founder of Brazilian criminal anthropology and a pioneer in studies on black culture in the country. A nationalist, he was the first Brazilian scholar to address the theme of black people as a relevant social issue for understanding the racial formation of the Brazilian population, despite adopting a racist, deterministic perspective, in his book Os Africanos no Brasil (1890–1905).[1]

  1. ^ Canevacci, Massimo (2012-03-23). Polyphonic Anthropology: Theoretical and Empirical Cross-Cultural Fieldwork. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-953-51-0418-6.