It Does Not Even Seem Like We Are in Brazil

Country Clubs and Gated Communities in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1951-1964

Bibliographic Data

ID3568910
AuthorsRegina Horta Duarte (0000-0003-0808-5435, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume44
Issue3
Pages435-466
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x12000429
OpenAlexW2142699980
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

This study focuses on the first gated communities in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which were developed between 1951 and 1964. In an era of democracy and economic growth, the Brazilian government promoted infrastructural improvements and attracted foreign capital. However, there was a concomitant increase in inequality and poverty, and deep-rooted political conflicts. Notwithstanding the varying motivations of those who chose to live in gated communities, this article argues that the attempt by elites to establish a lifestyle of leisure and European-style sophistication in these enclaves had political, ethnic, class and gender implications. Their self-segregation strengthened the patrimonialism and authoritarianism in politics that would prevail during the ensuing military dictatorship

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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