Elites in Fortaleza: practices of class, race and gender
Fortaleza is one of the most unequal cities in the world. The social disparities in the city have stimulatedmany studies on poverty. Notwithstanding, research in the field of urban sociology and anthropologyfocusing on affluent people are still rare.Our study will focus on the neighborhoods of the upper class in Fortaleza, the districts with the highestindicators of income, education, and longevity in the city, focusing on the practices of sociability, leisure,consumption, and the reproduction of projects of neoliberal individualism. Particularly, we aim to study howthese communities use and appropriate the citys public spaces.Elite-centered approaches have been able to demonstrate the close relationship that poverty and wealth have,by expanding our understanding of the impact unequal access to natural resources and other forms ofresources have on people’s opportunities and life trajectories.
Situação: Em andamento; Natureza: Pesquisa.
Alunos envolvidos: Graduação: (1) / Mestrado acadêmico: (1) / Doutorado: (1) .
Integrantes:
Geísa Mattos de Araújo Lima – Coordenador
Juliana Avelar – Integrante
Ana Ramos-Zayas – Integrante
Antonio Fabio Macedo Souza – Integrante
Irlys Barreira – Integrante
Carmen Martinez-Novo – Integrante
Hugo Ceron-Anaya – Integrante.
Financiador(es): Fulbright – Auxílio financeiro.
Número de produções C, T & A: 2
