Youth Gang Members in Rio de Janeiro

The Face of a 'Lost Generation' in an Age of Fear and Mistrust

Bibliographic Data

ID3818014
AuthorsFernando Lannes Fernandes (0000-0002-4377-4597, University of Dundee, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume32
Issue2
Pages210-223
Publication date2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.12030
OpenAlexW2106537197
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited17

This article analyses the relationship between stigmatisation, violence and marginality, and its limits to social justice and citizenship. It involves a critical reflection on the way groups living in 'a social and symbolical shade' are represented and treated by governments and their institutions, and the way such practices reinforce a cycle of socio-symbolical marginality and the limits to life in the city. The article will explore the findings of a research within drug gangs in which I have been involved (Observatório de Favelas, 2006; Silva et al., 2009 and, Silva and Urani, 2002), and my own research on violence, urban marginality and stigmatisation (Fernandes, 2009, 2012

Citizenship · Criminology · Critical reflection · Economic Justice · Face (sociological concept · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Youth, Drugs, and Violence · Youth, Politics, and Society

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