Cultura em movimento: Natalie Davis entre a antropologia e a história social

This paper analyzes the work of the historian Natalie Zemon Davis on the basis of its relationship with anthropology. Taking as axis the concept of culture, the goal is to reflect on the explicit and hidden dialogues that the author establishes with the anthropological literature, showing their changes over time. The paper divides Natalie Davis’ career in three stages: the 1970s, when she published her first book ( Society and Culture in Early Modern France ) and presented her first approach to anthropology; the 1980s, the time of the publication of The Return of Martin Guerre and Fiction in the Archives , which are clearly influenced by the debates of interpretative anthropology; and finally, the books written from the 1990s on, in which the author formulates a more dynamic analysis of cultural processes. Keywords: Natalie Davis, culture, ethnography.