Mass Consumption and Urban Contest in Brazil: Some Reflections on Lifestyle and Class

Focuses on some aspects of urban life which cannot properly be analysed in terms of class. The Rio beach, once an exclusive upper and middle class urban domain, becomes a contested space. The farofeiros and the gangs are examples of new urban social categories intimately related to mass consumption...

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Published in:	Bulletin of Latin American research Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 45 - 60
Main Author:	Banck, Geert A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Science Ltd 01-01-1994 Oxford Microform Publication
Subjects:	Beaches Brazil Brazilian culture Cities Class segregation Consumption Cultural identity Gangs Herpes zoster Houses Human geography Lifestyle Rituals Social Classes Standard of Living Urban Affairs Urban space Way of life
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Summary:	Focuses on some aspects of urban life which cannot properly be analysed in terms of class. The Rio beach, once an exclusive upper and middle class urban domain, becomes a contested space. The farofeiros and the gangs are examples of new urban social categories intimately related to mass consumption society. There is strife, but the parameters are mass media-diffused symbols of 'the good life'.
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ISSN:	0261-3050 1470-9856
DOI:	10.2307/3338700