Published In
Revista de Antropologia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Elections -- Brazil -- 21st century, Race relations, Intersectionality, Elections -- Brazil -- Moral and ethical aspects
Abstract
This article examines political subjectivities, community engagements and voting practices among residents of São Paulo’s Zona Sul peripheries in the three years preceding Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. Building on a 398-person household survey, 46 in-depth interviews, and extensive participation observation over the course of a fouryear study, we argue that although most residents of our study communities across the political spectrum are disenchanted with institutional politics, many maintain political engagement through their everyday lives, including activism centered on intersectional identities and state-sponsored violence/genocide. Our discussion combines statistical analysis and auto-ethnographic inflected vignettes and is in dialogue with two common themes present in recent analyses of the Brazilian political landscape: the role of urban periphery voters in the election of Bolsonaro, and the complex connections between moralities and political subjectivities. In conclusion, we reflect on opportunities and challenges for progressive political engagement in the (post)Bolsonaro era.
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DOI
10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2020.171482
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34649
Citation Details
Klein, C., Carmo, M. M., & Tavares, A. (2020). Between “Us” and “Them. Revista de Antropologia, 63(2).