Manifesting democracy? : urban protests and the politics of representation in Brazil post 2013

Author(s)

• Conde, Maite

Bibliographic Information

Manifesting democracy? : urban protests and the politics of representation in Brazil post 2013

edited by Maite Conde

（Antipode book series）

Wiley, 2022

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume explores the series of public protests - manifestacoes - that took place in a number of Brazilian cities in June and July 2013, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand improvements in urban infrastructures. Critically examines the role these protests played in politics, the political and their relationships to urban space and culture Analyses their connections to the emergence of a 'New Right' in Brazil, which saw the election of Bolsonaro Includes first-hand accounts and brings together contributions from both activists and scholars within a number of different fields (geography, history, philosophy, art, political economy) The first interdisciplinary English language anthology to address Brazil's 2013 protests and the broader political and cultural questions they raise A major contribution to Brazilian and Latin American Studies in Europe and the USA, as well as interdisciplinary studies of social movements, urban culture and politics

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii List of Illustrations xi Series Editors' Preface xii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Introduction 1 Maite Conde 2 June 2013: A Moment in the Struggle for Public Transport in the City 23 Marina Capusso and Matheus Preis 3 The June 2013 Demonstrations in the City of Sao Paulo 39 Marilena Chaui 4 Are They Black Blocs? The Trajectories of Militancy, Repression, and the Contestation of Meaning in Rio de Janeiro's Protests 52 Andre Reyes Novaes and Mariana Lamego 5 Media Activism and Diverse Tactics on the Streets of Brazil: Observations about and from Midia NINJA 71 Marianna Olinger 6 The Politics of Strolling 82 Pedro Erber 7 Seja Gari, Seja Heroi (Be a Binman, Be a Hero): Aesthetic Manifestations in Rio de Janeiro's Protests 101 Barbara Szaniecki 8 Social Movements and Participatory Planning: The Limits of Institutionalization 119 Renato Anelli and Ana Paula Koury 9 Brazil: Development Strategies and Social Change from Import Substitution to the June Days 137 Alfredo Saad-Filho 10 The Democratic Eclipse: Between the Brazil of Social Struggles and the Brazil of Political Coups 166 Francisco Foot Hardman Index 187

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC18826880
• ISBN:
  • 9781119331100
• LCCN: 2021060397
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 204 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JL2431
  • DC23 : 320.981
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2003-
  • LCSH : Democracy -- Brazil
  • LCSH : Political participation -- Brazil
  • LCSH : Brazil -- Social conditions -- 1985-
  • LCSH : Protest movements -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA63211161