Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth

This article is dedicated to scrutinizing some images and objects produced within a universe of marginalized youth cultures. Given the high flow of youngsters among these cultures, these practices are here understood as a network. Such network involves piXação (graffiti tagging), torcidas organizada...

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Main Author: Gustavo Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2018-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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spelling doaj-9117c19993ac4c3cb5d1e15bafdc8abb2020-11-25T01:04:44ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença2237-26602018-06-01080219721810.1590/2237-266075951Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youthGustavo Coelho0Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, BrazilThis article is dedicated to scrutinizing some images and objects produced within a universe of marginalized youth cultures. Given the high flow of youngsters among these cultures, these practices are here understood as a network. Such network involves piXação (graffiti tagging), torcidas organizadas (soccer supporters’ groups, i.e. hooligans, ultras, etc.), bate-bolas (bat-balls, masked carnival clowns) and bailes funk (favela funk parties). They were consequently analyzed with an approach that is interested in the studies of the imaginary, and in their relations with anthropology, philosophy and psychology; the monsters that give name to the sound crews of the bailes funk, the bamboos used by the torcidas organizadas, the balls/balloons swung by the bate-bolas, the weapon-allegory ambivalence of rojões (bottle rockets), and the image of the fundão (utmost depth).YouthEpistemologyAestheticsSubjectivityImaginary
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Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Youth
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Subjectivity
Imaginary
author_facet Gustavo Coelho
author_sort Gustavo Coelho
title Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
title_short Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
title_full Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
title_fullStr Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
title_full_unstemmed Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
title_sort monsters, bottle rockets, bamboos, balls and the utmost depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth
publisher Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
series Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
issn 2237-2660
publishDate 2018-06-01
description This article is dedicated to scrutinizing some images and objects produced within a universe of marginalized youth cultures. Given the high flow of youngsters among these cultures, these practices are here understood as a network. Such network involves piXação (graffiti tagging), torcidas organizadas (soccer supporters’ groups, i.e. hooligans, ultras, etc.), bate-bolas (bat-balls, masked carnival clowns) and bailes funk (favela funk parties). They were consequently analyzed with an approach that is interested in the studies of the imaginary, and in their relations with anthropology, philosophy and psychology; the monsters that give name to the sound crews of the bailes funk, the bamboos used by the torcidas organizadas, the balls/balloons swung by the bate-bolas, the weapon-allegory ambivalence of rojões (bottle rockets), and the image of the fundão (utmost depth).
topic Youth
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Subjectivity
Imaginary
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