Brazilian Subjectivity Today
Migration, Identity and Xenophobia
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations, Social Science
| Author: | Derek Hook, Szilvia Simai | ISBN: | 9789871868889 |
| Publisher: | Editorial Universitaria Villa María | Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Editorial Universitaria Villa María | Language: | English |
| Author: | Derek Hook, Szilvia Simai |
| ISBN: | 9789871868889 |
| Publisher: | Editorial Universitaria Villa María |
| Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Editorial Universitaria Villa María |
| Language: | English |
The emerging field of psychosocial studies signifies a confluence of
disciplines for whom the fantasies, repressions and cultural practices
underlying national identity represents a crucial research focus. This book
presents a psychosocial portrayal of Brazil's arrival on the international
stage in the economic boom of the run-up to its hosting of the 2014 World Cup
and the 2016 Olympic Games. This former Portuguese colony is a country of
contradictions in need of a new image; a nation that needs to be able to both
love and sell itself in today's neo-liberal reality. It argues that a
contemporary representation of Brazilian subjectivity is best enabled through
an interdisciplinary perspective. Five key themes - to be explored in all
their contradictions and ambivalence - structure the book: fantasies of the
nation; xenophobia and denial; Brazilian cultural practice; transnational
mobility; and gender, race and Brazilian identity.
The emerging field of psychosocial studies signifies a confluence of
disciplines for whom the fantasies, repressions and cultural practices
underlying national identity represents a crucial research focus. This book
presents a psychosocial portrayal of Brazil's arrival on the international
stage in the economic boom of the run-up to its hosting of the 2014 World Cup
and the 2016 Olympic Games. This former Portuguese colony is a country of
contradictions in need of a new image; a nation that needs to be able to both
love and sell itself in today's neo-liberal reality. It argues that a
contemporary representation of Brazilian subjectivity is best enabled through
an interdisciplinary perspective. Five key themes - to be explored in all
their contradictions and ambivalence - structure the book: fantasies of the
nation; xenophobia and denial; Brazilian cultural practice; transnational
mobility; and gender, race and Brazilian identity.
