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Narratives of crisis in the periphery of São Paulo: Place and political articulation during Brazil’s rightward turn

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Abstract

Between 2014 and 2018, a period marked by major political and economic upheaval, Brazilian politics shifted sharply to the Right. Presenting qualitative research conducted over 2016–17, this article examines this process from the perspectives of residents of a peripheral São Paulo neighbourhood. Analysis is presented of three broad groups of respondents, each of which mobilised a distinct narrative framework for interpreting the crisis. Based on this, I argue that the rightward turn in urban peripheries embodies not a significant ideological shift, but rather long-term transformations of place and the largely contingent ways these articulate with electoral politics.

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Author(s): Richmond MA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Latin American Studies

Year: 2020

Volume: 52

Issue: 2

Pages: 241-267

Online publication date: 18/02/2020

Acceptance date: 16/07/2019

Date deposited: 09/02/2024

ISSN (print): 0022-216X

ISSN (electronic): 1469-767X

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X20000012

DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X20000012

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