Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”

Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”

The essay aims to grasp a current phenomenon of the reality of Praia, capital city of the Cape-Verdean archipelago. Socio-economical, political and urban changes of the context have concurred with the birth of new social actors, in particular the urban gangs called thugs, active in the low-income ne...

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Main Author: Silvia Stefani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2016-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Subjects:
Cape Verde
social movements
gangs
inequality
masculinities
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2020
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spelling doaj-644e0341549b4e629e52169844e479042020-11-24T21:49:59ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942016-06-0131699410.4000/cea.2020Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”Silvia StefaniThe essay aims to grasp a current phenomenon of the reality of Praia, capital city of the Cape-Verdean archipelago. Socio-economical, political and urban changes of the context have concurred with the birth of new social actors, in particular the urban gangs called thugs, active in the low-income neighbourhoods. Nowadays, in the same districts movements of social activists are growing, being a new type of street organization. The essay presents a case study focused on the movement Korrenti di Ativiztas and, on the basis of the ethnographical data collected, it seeks to outline the peculiarity of this organization and of its actions, stressing the gender dimension embedded in the issue too.http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2020Cape Verdesocial movementsgangsinequalitymasculinities
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Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Cape Verde
social movements
gangs
inequality
masculinities
author_facet Silvia Stefani
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title Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
title_short Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
title_full Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
title_fullStr Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
title_full_unstemmed Resistência Urbana e Ativismo Social na Praia: O caso da “Korrenti di Ativiztas”
title_sort resistência urbana e ativismo social na praia: o caso da “korrenti di ativiztas”
publisher Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
series Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
issn 1645-3794
publishDate 2016-06-01
description The essay aims to grasp a current phenomenon of the reality of Praia, capital city of the Cape-Verdean archipelago. Socio-economical, political and urban changes of the context have concurred with the birth of new social actors, in particular the urban gangs called thugs, active in the low-income neighbourhoods. Nowadays, in the same districts movements of social activists are growing, being a new type of street organization. The essay presents a case study focused on the movement Korrenti di Ativiztas and, on the basis of the ethnographical data collected, it seeks to outline the peculiarity of this organization and of its actions, stressing the gender dimension embedded in the issue too.
topic Cape Verde
social movements
gangs
inequality
masculinities
url http://journals.openedition.org/cea/2020
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