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Celebrating madness : race, the carnivalesque and citizenship in Brazil
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Da Silva, Ana Julia Evangelista (2022) Celebrating madness : race, the carnivalesque and citizenship in Brazil. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This dissertation explores how two projects, Hotel da Loucura and Loucura Suburbana, located inside Rio de Janeiro͛s largest asLJlum in one of its poorest suburbs͕ have empowered their participants to become active citizens. Colonialism has created a cultural hierarchy of citizenship where the ralé Brasileira, who are predominantly poor and of Afro-Brazilian and indigenous origin, are labelled sub-citizens. Today, even if it is sometimes unintended͕ this messaging persists through the countrLJ͛s institutions͕ including psychiatry. By shifting the primary focus of asylum from illness to culture, the projects break this cycle through acts of insurgency that challenge this cultural hierarchy. Previous studies of madness in Brazil have focused on intersections between class and madness, with issues of race largely neglected apart from a handful of sources. This research adds to these sources as well as building on relevant research in areas including post-colonialism, psychiatry, performance and cultural studies. It does so by using in-depth interviews, informal observations, and archive research. Three core findings emerge. The first demonstrates how the characteristics of the carnivalesque shape activities that subvert marginalising discourses sustained by Branjil͛s cultural hierarchy. The second is that the full potential of these activities is only realised when employed across Paulo Freire͛s ͞dimensions of a totality͟ ʹ represented here as asylum, street, and nation ʹ that combine to exclude marginalised communities. The third finding is that these activities need to be engaged in collectively by people that institutional Brazil categorises as inherently different. Together, using the carnivalesque to cross dimensions of a totality through collective activity, the projects reveal the artificiality of Branjil͛s cultural hierarch to enable processes of collective learning capable of healing the collective trauma of colonialism. This reveals alternative ideas of citizenship and nationhood to the benefit of both oppressed and oppressor.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Brazil -- Civilization, Brazil -- Social conditions, Brazil -- Social life and customs, Dominance (Psychology) -- Brazil, Postcolonialism -- Brazil, Citizenship -- Brazil, Mental illness -- Brazil, City planning -- Social aspects -- Brazil | ||||
Official Date: | June 2022 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Wright, David, 1972- ; Harpin, Anna | ||||
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Extent: | xii, 232 leaves : illustrations, photographs | ||||
Language: | eng |
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