Our dead and disappeared

Reflections on the Construction of the Notion of Political Disappearance in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID2489159
AuthorsDermi Azevedo (0000-0002-0266-6258, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue3
Publication date2018-12-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412018v15n3d507
OpenAlexW2903562486
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412018000300507
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

Based on ethnographic and documentary material, this article analyzes the social construction of political disappearance in Brazil. It argues that less than a phenomenon to be captured from reality, it is a category produced in and a producer of a social field, a point of convergence of debates and actions of actors and institutions. The objective is to show the discourses that function as truths about the phenomenon in Brazil, as well as the methods, procedures, forums and disputes by which they are sanctioned as such. It also addresses the intrinsic relation of this process with the production of political communities by focusing on the discourse of the movement of families of the killed and disappeared political actors. In conclusion, it points to some social implications that result from delimiting what is politically relevant violence

Economics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Law · Philosophy · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Youth, Politics, and Society

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