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Colonial values and asylum care in Brazil : reclaiming the streets through carnival in Rio de Janeiro
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Evangelista, Julia and Fulford, William A. (2020) Colonial values and asylum care in Brazil : reclaiming the streets through carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In: Stoyanov, Drozdstoy and Fulford, Bill and Stanghellini, Giovanni and Van Staden, Werdie and Wong, Michael T. H., (eds.) International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice. Springer, pp. 155-161. ISBN 9783030478513
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_18
Abstract
This chapter shows how carnival has been used to counter the impact of Brazil’s colonial history on its asylums and perceptions of madness. Colonisation of Brazil by Portugal in the nineteenth century led to a process of Europeanisation that was associated with dismissal of non-European customs and values as “mad” and sequestration of the poor from the streets into asylums. Bringing together the work of the two authors, the chapter describes through a case study how a carnival project, Loucura Suburbana (Suburban Madness), in which patients in both long- and short-term asylum care play leading roles, has enabled them to “reclaim the streets,” and re-establish their right to the city as valid producers of culture on their own terms. In the process, entrenched stigmas associated with having a history of mental illness in a local community are challenged, and sense of identity and self-confidence can be rebuilt, thus contributing to long-term improvements in mental well-being. Further illustrative materials are available including photographs and video clips.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Colonies -- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) , Carnival -- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) , Asylums -- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) , Imperialism -- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) , World politics -- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISBN: | 9783030478513 | ||||
Book Title: | International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice | ||||
Editor: | Stoyanov, Drozdstoy and Fulford, Bill and Stanghellini, Giovanni and Van Staden, Werdie and Wong, Michael T. H. | ||||
Official Date: | 12 December 2020 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 155-161 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_18 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 June 2022 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 June 2022 |
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