Precarious Democracy

Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil, edited by Benjamin Junge, Sean T. Mitchell, Alvaro Jarrín, and Lucia Cantero

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-5694.2022.1.43071

Keywords:

Bolsonarism, Far-right, Ethnography, Electoral process

Abstract

This book review examines Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil (2021), edited by Benjamin Junge, Sean T. Mitchell, Alvaro Jarrín, and Lucia Cantero. The edited volume contains ethnographies addressing the Brazilian social landscape after Workers Party administrations. These chapters discuss the mechanisms of Bolsonarismo and the contradictory ways through which people show support to President Jair Bolsonaro. The book has sixteen chapters, authored by scholars hailing from different parts of the globe, who examine this topic in different parts of Brazil. As a rigorous yet accessible anthropological work, I argue that the book is an important addition to current discussions on Brazil’s sociopolitical and economic situation. 

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Author Biography

João Gabriel Rabello Sodré, Georgetown University (GU), Washington, D.C., EUA.

Holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Human Rights from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as well as master’s in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Doctoral candidate in History at Georgetown University (GU), Washington D.C., USA.

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Enriquez, Falina. 2021. “Tempered Hopes: “(Re)Producing the Middle Class in Recife’s Alternative Music Scene.” In Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil, edited by Benjamin Junge, Sean T. Mitchell, Alvaro Jarrín, and Lucia Cantero, 142–54. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Gherman, Michel, and Misha Klein. 2019. “Entre ‘Conversos’ e ‘Desconversos’: O Caso Da Influência Da Nova Direita Brasileira Sobre a Comunidade Judaica Do Rio de Janeiro.” Estudios Sociales Del Estado 5 (9): 101–23.

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Kalil, Isabela, Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, and Lucia Mury Scalco. 2021. “Dreaming with Guns: Performing Masculinity and Imagining Consumption in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.” In Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil, edited by Benjamin Junge, Sean T. Mitchell, Alvaro Jarrín, and Lucia Cantero, 50–61. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

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Published

2022-10-11

How to Cite

Sodré, J. G. R. (2022). Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil, edited by Benjamin Junge, Sean T. Mitchell, Alvaro Jarrín, and Lucia Cantero. Conversas & Controvérsias, 9(1), e43071. https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-5694.2022.1.43071

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022): Single Volume

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Review

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