Mesalas Ferreira Santos
Biographic Data
| ID | 901107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mesalas Ferreira Santos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mesalas Ferreira |
| FAMILY NAME | Santos |
| SIGNATURE | SANTOS M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0868-3072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Policing and the Carceral State in Brazil and the United States
This cross-national discussion examines the racialized logics of policing and incarceration in Brazil and the United States-homes to the two largest Black populations outside of the African continent. The article is an abridged transcription and translation of a panel dialogue that engages the knowledge and lived experiences of Andreia Beatriz Silva dos Santos and Cat Brooks, cofounders of Black-led political organizations in Brazil and the US, r…
Penal state power in Latin America: Cases, concepts and questions for the political sociology of penality
Examining penality across different regions and periods of time allows us to develop both a robust empirical imaginary and conceptual understanding of the commonalities and variation in how penal state power operates. In this article I elaborate key dimensions of penality in contemporary Latin America. Since the late 20 th century, Latin American countries have undergone economic and political transformations with profound effects for the organiz…
Modernizing Leviathan: Carceral Reform and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Brazil's Espírito Santo State
Incarceration has become naturalized as a primary mode of punishment within the penal systems of modern states across the globe. This study examines how states develop the capacity to execute incarceration as a routine state function. I argue that rationalization and bureaucratization are key for transforming carceral enclosures into a naturalized feature of states' routine exercise of coercion. I develop this argument through analysis of a dynam…
Tempo, Folguedos e Narrativas nos circuitos da cultura popular em Sergipe
O texto articula a relação entre folguedos folclóricos de uma cidade do nordeste brasileiro, temporalidade e narrativa através da construção narrativa de Zé Rolinha, mestre da cultura popular local
O Drama Do Corpo Escarnecedor: A Performance Na Festa Do Lambe-Sujo De Laranjeiras-Se
In October, the city of Laranjeiras-SE, a city located 23km from Aracaju - the capital of Sergipe – there is a party called Lambe-Sujo that has in its center individuals representing both the old slaves – lambe-sujos - and the ones called caboclinhos, representatives of the Indians. During the festive day they enact a battle, in which the African descendants are defeated. The immersion of the players is fundamentally important for the development…
Modernizing Leviathan: Carceral Reform and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Brazil's Espírito Santo State
Incarceration has become naturalized as a primary mode of punishment within the penal systems of modern states across the globe. This study examines how states develop the capacity to execute incarceration as a routine state function. I argue that rationalization and bureaucratization are key for transforming carceral enclosures into a naturalized feature of states' routine exercise of coercion. I develop this argument through analysis of a dynam…
Penal state power in Latin America: Cases, concepts and questions for the political sociology of penality
Examining penality across different regions and periods of time allows us to develop both a robust empirical imaginary and conceptual understanding of the commonalities and variation in how penal state power operates. In this article I elaborate key dimensions of penality in contemporary Latin America. Since the late 20 th century, Latin American countries have undergone economic and political transformations with profound effects for the organiz…
O Drama Do Corpo Escarnecedor: A Performance Na Festa Do Lambe-Sujo De Laranjeiras-Se
In October, the city of Laranjeiras-SE, a city located 23km from Aracaju - the capital of Sergipe – there is a party called Lambe-Sujo that has in its center individuals representing both the old slaves – lambe-sujos - and the ones called caboclinhos, representatives of the Indians. During the festive day they enact a battle, in which the African descendants are defeated. The immersion of the players is fundamentally important for the development…
Tempo, Folguedos e Narrativas nos circuitos da cultura popular em Sergipe
O texto articula a relação entre folguedos folclóricos de uma cidade do nordeste brasileiro, temporalidade e narrativa através da construção narrativa de Zé Rolinha, mestre da cultura popular local
Modernizing Leviathan: Carceral Reform and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Brazil's Espírito Santo State
Incarceration has become naturalized as a primary mode of punishment within the penal systems of modern states across the globe. This study examines how states develop the capacity to execute incarceration as a routine state function. I argue that rationalization and bureaucratization are key for transforming carceral enclosures into a naturalized feature of states' routine exercise of coercion. I develop this argument through analysis of a dynam…
Penal state power in Latin America: Cases, concepts and questions for the political sociology of penality
Examining penality across different regions and periods of time allows us to develop both a robust empirical imaginary and conceptual understanding of the commonalities and variation in how penal state power operates. In this article I elaborate key dimensions of penality in contemporary Latin America. Since the late 20 th century, Latin American countries have undergone economic and political transformations with profound effects for the organiz…
Policing and the Carceral State in Brazil and the United States
This cross-national discussion examines the racialized logics of policing and incarceration in Brazil and the United States-homes to the two largest Black populations outside of the African continent. The article is an abridged transcription and translation of a panel dialogue that engages the knowledge and lived experiences of Andreia Beatriz Silva dos Santos and Cat Brooks, cofounders of Black-led political organizations in Brazil and the US, r…
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legitimacy (2 works) · Literature (2 works)