Name Maria Pereira | ||
Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz, (born August 26, 1918) is a Brazilian sociologist.
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She obtained her degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1949), Diploma of Graduate Studies in sociology, anthropology and politics from the University of São Paulo (1951) and a doctorate degree in Sociology from the École pratique des hautes études Section VI (1959).
Her dissertation is titled : La Guerre Sainte au Brésil : le Mouvement Messianique du Contestado, (in English: "The Holy War in Brazil: the Messianic Movement of Contestado") under the direction of Roger Bastide, 1960. Her dissertation was published by the University of São Paulo with the title : "Le Messianisme au Brésil et dans au Monde", in 1963. Her works are referenced worldwide.
She is currently a professor at the Centro de Estudos Rurais e Urbanos (in English: Center for Urban and Rural Studies), which she founded, and is Professor Emeritus at the University of São Paulo.
Pereira de Queiróz speaks or understands the following languages : Spanish, French, English and Italian.