Sex and Violence in Brazil
Carnaval, Capoeira, and the Problem of Everyday Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2467994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Lowell Lewis, Janine Lewis (0000-0002-3681-567X, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 539-557 |
| Publication date | 1999-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1999.26.3.539 |
| OpenAlex | W2072677410 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 32 |
I argue that the concept of everyday life should be understood by theorists primarily as a residual category, defined in opposition to marked frames of social interaction. Accordingly, I explore the Brazilian everyday through two kinds of special events: the martial game of capoeira and the well-known carnaval. Ethnographers of Brazil tacitly acknowledge the elusiveness of the everyday by focusing on certain themes within it. I consider two popular themes: sex and violence. I conclude by asserting, in opposition to materialist positions, that there is an important sense in which mere fantasies (as some people might say) like carnival are more real than everyday life. [Brazil, sex, violence, everyday, carnival, capoeira
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Ethnography · Everyday life · Materialism · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Social life · Sociology · Anthropology · Doping in Sports · Gender Studies · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophy · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |