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Body and art as means of activism in Sao Paulo

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ID4882236
AuthorsEduardo Faria Santos (0000-0002-0684-8059, Instituto de Estudios Sociales, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume4
Issue1
Pages125-156
Publication date2019-10-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGIS - Gesto Imagem e Som - Revista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2525-3123 • E-ISSN: 2525-3123
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2019.152114
OpenAlexW2996832035
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

New forms of organizing social movements are debating the intersection of different social markers or axis of oppression, as gender, sexuality, class and race, problematizing sexual and gender norms. The collective A Revolta da Lâmpada, in São Paulo, Brazil, claims to be a platform with intersectional horizon, creating a common denominator - the free body - among different identity groups without the hierarchization of agendas and delegitimization of its exclusive spaces. Through the celebration of their bodies occupying public spaces, it uses diverse artistic expressions to do activism, what is being called artivism. The study highlights how the collective goes beyond the debate on identity politics and uses the intersectional inspiration together with the body - and its emotions - as site of resistance, celebration and means of exploring artistic forms of doing activism

Aesthetics · Art · Cartography · Collective identity · Geography · Human sexuality · Intersectionality · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Arts and Performance Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · Law · Urban and sociocultural dynamics

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