Taking back the land: police operations and sport megaevents in Rio de Janeiro
JH Costa Vargas - Souls, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
JH Costa Vargas
Souls, 2013•Taylor & FrancisAs Brazil prepares for hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games—both of
which will feature Rio de Janeiro prominently—what do patterns of social representation and
state repression of predominantly Afrodescended communities say about the symbolic,
political, and material dimensions of current black experiences in Brazil? This article focuses
on the November 2010 massive police–military operations that targeted Vila Cruzeiro and
the Complexo do Alemão in Rio. These operations are emblematic of a new public security …
which will feature Rio de Janeiro prominently—what do patterns of social representation and
state repression of predominantly Afrodescended communities say about the symbolic,
political, and material dimensions of current black experiences in Brazil? This article focuses
on the November 2010 massive police–military operations that targeted Vila Cruzeiro and
the Complexo do Alemão in Rio. These operations are emblematic of a new public security …
As Brazil prepares for hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games—both of which will feature Rio de Janeiro prominently—what do patterns of social representation and state repression of predominantly Afrodescended communities say about the symbolic, political, and material dimensions of current black experiences in Brazil? This article focuses on the November 2010 massive police–military operations that targeted Vila Cruzeiro and the Complexo do Alemão in Rio. These operations are emblematic of a new public security paradigm inaugurated in 2008 that aimed at retaking urban areas from the control of drug dealers. How, if at all, does this new security paradigm represent a rupture with relation to historical patterns of anti-black violence perpetrated by state and non-state actors and institutions?
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