Stanley H. Brandes

Stanley H. Brandes is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His office is located in the Anthropology and Art Practice Building (formerly Kroeber Hall). With over thirty years of research in Spain, Mexico, and the United States, his ethnographic work emphasizes ritual, religion, food/drink, and visual anthropology, with particular attention to regional, ethnic, class, and gender diversity.

Brandes' research interests center on:

• Ritual and religious practices across cultures
• Cultural anthropology of food and alcohol consumption
• Visual documentation and representation in ethnography
• Mediterranean European (especially Spanish) and Latin American (particularly Mexican) societies

His publications reveal consistent themes in death studies (e.g., Mexican Day of the Dead, pet gravestones), Spanish cultural traditions (bullfighting, photography), and biographical anthropology through obituaries of prominent scholars.