Márcio N. de Abreu is a university lecturer, filmmaker, and Jungian analyst. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), with a research internship at the University of Pennsylvania, along with master’s degrees in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies (University of Nottingham) and in Culture and Society (UFBA), as well as a bachelor’s degree in History with a specialization in Cultural Heritage (Catholic University of Salvador). His interdisciplinary academic background informs his current research, which draws on Semiotic Cultural Psychology and Qualitative Epistemology to explore the interfaces between perception, identity, and subjectivity. He is the author of O Efeito Negro Encantado: Representações Étnico-Raciais na Era Obama (Devires, 2018).
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Race Beyond Vision
Márcio N. de Abreu
This book shows how racial perception goes beyond the limits of sight. Drawing on Semiotic Cultural Psychology, it challenges the dominant visuocentric paradigm that equates race with visually apprehended phenotypic traits. Through an in-depth case study of a congenitally blind individual, the author demonstrates that racial distinctions are not self-evident to the senses but emerge through socially mediated, symbolic, and affective processes.Integrating insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and disability...
