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TY - JOUR
T1 - Rio de Janeiro and the divided state
T2 - analysing the political discourse on favelas
AU - Lacerda, Daniel S.
PY - 2015/1
Y1 - 2015/1
N2 - This article analyses the discourse on favelas produced by Brazilian society and consumed in the political field of local administration. The ideological conception of favelas (slums) determines the creation of public policies that reinforce the prejudicial notion of favelas. This work employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse several texts extracted from mass-media stories and press releases of the Rio government. It shows that the state of praxis reproduces the understanding of slums as a phenomenon detached from the rest of society. This alienated vision impacts on different utterances blaming the poor (analysis 1); perpetuating poverty (analysis 2); and reinforcing exclusion (analysis 3).
AB - This article analyses the discourse on favelas produced by Brazilian society and consumed in the political field of local administration. The ideological conception of favelas (slums) determines the creation of public policies that reinforce the prejudicial notion of favelas. This work employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse several texts extracted from mass-media stories and press releases of the Rio government. It shows that the state of praxis reproduces the understanding of slums as a phenomenon detached from the rest of society. This alienated vision impacts on different utterances blaming the poor (analysis 1); perpetuating poverty (analysis 2); and reinforcing exclusion (analysis 3).
KW - Brazil
KW - critical discourse analysis
KW - dialectical relational approach
KW - discourse historical approach
KW - favelas
KW - Rio de Janeiro
KW - political discourse
KW - slums
U2 - 10.1177/0957926514541346
DO - 10.1177/0957926514541346
M3 - Journal article
VL - 26
SP - 74
EP - 94
JO - Discourse and Society
JF - Discourse and Society
SN - 0957-9265
IS - 1
ER -