- Critically examines the role these protests played in politics, the political and their relationships to urban space and culture
- Analyses their connections to the emergence of a ‘New Right’ in Brazil, which saw the election of Bolsonaro
- Includes first-hand accounts and brings together contributions from both activists and scholars within a number of different fields (geography, history, philosophy, art, political economy)
- The first interdisciplinary English language anthology to address Brazil’s 2013 protests and the broader political and cultural questions they raise
- A major contribution to Brazilian and Latin American Studies in Europe and the USA, as well as interdisciplinary studies of social movements, urban culture and politics
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
List of Illustrations xi
Series Editors’ Preface xii
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction 1
Maite Conde
2 June 2013: A Moment in the Struggle for Public Transport in the City 23
Marina Capusso and Matheus Preis
3 The June 2013 Demonstrations in the City of São Paulo 39
Marilena Chaui
4 Are They Black Blocs? The Trajectories of Militancy, Repression, and the Contestation of Meaning in Rio de Janeiro’s Protests 52
André Reyes Novaes and Mariana Lamego
5 Media Activism and Diverse Tactics on the Streets of Brazil: Observations about and from Mídia NINJA 71
Marianna Olinger
6 The Politics of Strolling 82
Pedro Erber
7 Seja Gari, Seja Herói (Be a Binman, Be a Hero): Aesthetic Manifestations in Rio de Janeiro’s Protests 101
Barbara Szaniecki
8 Social Movements and Participatory Planning: The Limits of Institutionalization 119
Renato Anelli and Ana Paula Koury
9 Brazil: Development Strategies and Social Change from Import Substitution to the June Days 137
Alfredo Saad-Filho
10 The Democratic Eclipse: Between the Brazil of Social Struggles and the Brazil of Political Coups 166
Francisco Foot Hardman
Index 187
