Witnesses of the struggle? The Flag of the Landless Movement in the test of the political crisis in Northeast Brazil
Simbsler, David
Witnesses of the struggle? The Flag of the Landless Movement in the test of the political crisis in Northeast Brazil - 2023.
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This paper engages ethnographically with the Landless Workers Movement flag, a popular symbol of the struggles for democracy in Brazil. It argues for a heuristic approach able to grasp hidden meanings of the political crisis which resulted in the rise of Jair Bolsonaro. Drawing on a long-term fieldwork in the state of Pernambuco, a strategic place of left-wing protests in this period, the paper highlights significant differences between activists ritualization and ordinary uses of the flag, challenging the commitment to the cause of democracy.
Witnesses of the struggle? The Flag of the Landless Movement in the test of the political crisis in Northeast Brazil - 2023.
71
This paper engages ethnographically with the Landless Workers Movement flag, a popular symbol of the struggles for democracy in Brazil. It argues for a heuristic approach able to grasp hidden meanings of the political crisis which resulted in the rise of Jair Bolsonaro. Drawing on a long-term fieldwork in the state of Pernambuco, a strategic place of left-wing protests in this period, the paper highlights significant differences between activists ritualization and ordinary uses of the flag, challenging the commitment to the cause of democracy.
Réseaux sociaux