COELHO, MARIA CLÁUDIA, SENTO-SÉ, JOÃO TRAJANO, E. SILVA, ANDERSON M. CASTRO, and ZILLI, BRUNO
Subjects
*POLICE, *DRUNK driving laws, *PUBLIC safety, *AUTHORITY, *LAUGHTER -- Social aspects, *COURTESY, *TWENTY-first century, SOCIAL aspects, BRAZILIAN politics & government
Abstract
This paper discusses the exercise of police authority in "Operação Lei Seca" aimed at curbing DUI in Rio de Janeiro. Two aspects of the description made by these policemen are presented in detail: the absence of ostensive signs of authority (the uniform and the rifle) and the use of politeness. These depictions are then combined with fieldwork data in which citizens and policemen resort to jocose provocations in their interactions. Analysis dwells on a theoretical model proposed for the understanding of this form of exercising police authority, which is based on theses on authority, theories of laughter and interpretations about the relationship between politeness and violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This paper proposes a comparative analysis of the struggles for recognition through the hip-hop and graffiti cultures in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It focuses on the tensions created by the search for social inclusion, the criticism toward segregationist social relationships and the appeal of market-driven visibility. It also analyzes how subcultures construct an order of recognition and how they are appropriated and interpreted in the public sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published
2009
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