Death marks in the city - contesting the signature of gendered necropolitics in Vitória, Brazil

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ID4065951
AutoresIgor Martins Medeiros Robaina (0000-0002-2188-5245, Universidad de Burgos, autor correspondente), Paloma Barcelos Teixeira (0000-0002-6594-0533, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, autor correspondente), J S Hutta (0000-0002-3261-9743, University of Bayreuth, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume80
Fascículo3
Páginas275-288
Data de publicação2025-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographica Helvetica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7312 • E-ISSN: 2194-8798
EditoraCopernicus GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.5194/gh-80-275-2025
OpenAlexW4413867960
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas44

Focusing on the aftermath of the abduction, rape and killing of an 8-year-old girl in Vitória, the paper argues that the violent event has left various traces that index a necropolitical power formation oriented towards hegemonic political and economic actors. The traces range from physical marks of violence to indications of obfuscation and manifestations of support for the aggressors. Such support was expressed, for example, by the city council's vote to retain a street name that honours the family of one of the alleged perpetrators. To analyse necropolitics through such traces, we draw on Mitchell Dean's discussion of the "signature of power" alongside works on feminicide, counter-forensics and contested toponymy. Thus reading necropolitics through its signature, we argue, sheds light on its specific context of formation and allows for scrutinizing the specific strategies and material elements through which necropolitics unfolds its deadly effects

Biopower · Political science · Politics · Signature (topology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Public Spaces through Art