The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil

Several studies about the public politics directed to the favelas in the City of Rio de Janeiro focus on the significant presence of the Catholic Church during the 1950’s. In order to understand the motivations of the actions taken by Catholic militants in the favelas within this period of time, we...

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Main Authors: Rafael Soares Gonçalves, Soraya ilveira Simões, Leticia de Luna Freire
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires 2010-07-01
Series:Cuadernos de Antropología Social
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Online Access:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/2730
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Leticia de Luna Freire
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Soraya ilveira Simões
Leticia de Luna Freire
The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
Cuadernos de Antropología Social
Igreja Católica
Cruzada São Sebastião
Habitação Popular
França
Brasil
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Soraya ilveira Simões
Leticia de Luna Freire
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title The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
title_short The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
title_full The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
title_fullStr The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The contribution of the Catholic Church in making the popular housing a public problem in France and Brazil
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publisher Universidad de Buenos Aires
series Cuadernos de Antropología Social
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publishDate 2010-07-01
description Several studies about the public politics directed to the favelas in the City of Rio de Janeiro focus on the significant presence of the Catholic Church during the 1950’s. In order to understand the motivations of the actions taken by Catholic militants in the favelas within this period of time, we should take into account that this phenomenon was not only the result of an individual action from one single character. Instead, it is related to the former process of redefinition of the view of the Church towards the poor, which had its roots in Europe in the XIX Century. Only discussing these actions in a wider social and political context is that we are able to analyze the effects of these initiatives in the search for solutions to the “problem of the favelas” in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950’s. However, as this period was marked by the beginning of the Cold War –when the communism was represented as a “threat”, once it could be established in the settlements of lower social classes–, it was then that this process would reach its highest levels.
topic Igreja Católica
Cruzada São Sebastião
Habitação Popular
França
Brasil
url http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/2730
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