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Squatting in Rio de Janeiro: Constructing Citizenship and Gender from Below
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Abstract The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements... view more
The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, the author draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.... view less
Keywords
Brazil; gentrification; squatter; social movement; urban development; local politics; gender-specific factors; gender relations; living conditions; social rights; participation; gender role; stereotype; oral history; Latin America
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Citizenship; City; Gender; Housing Movements; Pentecostalism; Religion; Rio De Janeiro; Squatters Movement; Squatting; Urban History; Urban Politics; Urban Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
356 p.
Series
Urban Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472
ISBN
978-3-8394-3547-2
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0