"Public jail": stereotypes as a prison for brazilians in Porto, Portugal
The work aims to understand the role of stereotypes in the lives of Brazilians in Porto. The main idea defended is that the stereotypes about Brazilians in force in Portugal act as a prison for action and that, constantly submitted to the common representations in Portugal, Brazilian immigrants end...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2002
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/10962 |
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| Summary: | The work aims to understand the role of stereotypes in the lives of Brazilians in Porto. The main idea defended is that the stereotypes about Brazilians in force in Portugal act as a prison for action and that, constantly submitted to the common representations in Portugal, Brazilian immigrants end up performing pre-established roles. These papers are marked by the sale of the exotic, a commercialized image of the supposed Brazilian essence. Thus, Brazilian immigrants specialize in selling "joy" in the Portuguese labor market: they work as waiters and waitresses, musicians, attendants, dancers and dancers, prostitutes and transvestites, etc. The images of a mulatto, sensual and happy Brazil are transformed into a commodity like any other, but it is a commodity that further reifies the substance of which it is made: stereotypes. It is in this sense that these are considered symbolic prisons. |
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| ISSN: | 2595-315X |
