Roberto DaMatta
Born	(1936-07-29) July 29, 1936 (age 89) Niterói, Brazil
Alma mater	Harvard University
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	University of Notre Dame

Roberto DaMatta (born July 29, 1936) is a Brazilian anthropologist. He is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.^[1] DaMatta graduated in history at the Fluminense Federal University and received his PhD from Harvard University.

DaMatta is the author of many books, including Carnivals, Rogues and Heroes: An Interpretation of the Brazilian Dilemma.^[1]

Selected works

• Carnavais, malandros e heróis: Para uma sociologia do dilema brasileiro, 1979.
  • Translated into English as Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes: An Interpretation of the Brazilian Dilemma, University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.
• A Divided World: Apinaye Social Structure, Harvard University Press, 1982.

See also

• Jeitinho
• Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda
• Darcy Ribeiro

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