Photos, from left to right: on a beach in Rio; a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Assistant Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Anthropology
Lake Shore Campus,
Damen Hall 808
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60626
773.508.3430
Bpengla@luc.edu
Ben Penglase received his Ph.D.from Harvard University in 2003. He is a cultural anthropologist with research experience in Brazil. His most resent research project, based on fieldwork with residents of a
favela (or squatter neighborhood), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, analyzes how drug trafficking, police violence and inequality are reshaping Brazilian society. His research interests include race and gender in Brazil, the cultural effects of globalization and neoliberalism, urbanization, human rights and cultural relativism, and Latin American social movements. Dr. Penglase has a joint appointment in Anthropology and
Latin American Studies.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
forthcoming “The Owner of the Hill: Masculinity and Drug-Trafficker Power in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,” The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
2009 “States of Insecurity: everyday emergencies, public secrets and drug trafficker power in a Brazilian favela,” PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Vol 32(1): 407-423.
2009 “Interview: the New Anthropology of Crime,” (co-authored with Philip Parnell and Stephanie Kane), PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Vol 32(1): 465-483.
2008 “Review of Lucia: Testimonies of a Drug Dealer’s Woman.” The Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol 45(2): 205-208
2008 “The Bastard Child of the Dictatorship: the Comando Vermelho and the Birth of ‘Narco-Culture’ in Rio de Janeiro,” The Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol 45(1): 118-145.
2007 "Barbarians on the Beach: Media Narratives of Violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." Crime, Media and Culture. Vol 3(3): 305-325.
2005 "The Shutdown of Rio de Janeiro: The Poetics of Drug Trafficker Violence." Anthropology Today, Vol. 21, (October) No. 5.
2002 "Warriors for Peace: The Luta Pela Paz Boxing Academy." Revista, Harvard Review of Latin America (Spring).
1998 "Citizenship or Favelaship: An Interview with Caio Ferraz." DRCLAS News [David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies News] (Spring).
