Mascolinità periferiche a Praia: tra privilegio, subalternità e resistenza / Urban Masculinities in Praia: between Privilege, Subalternity, and Resistance, 2017
Based on an ethnographical research carried out in 2014, the essay investigates
masculinities’ so... more Based on an ethnographical research carried out in 2014, the essay investigates
masculinities’ social constructions in the urban reality of Praia, capital city of Cape
Verde, drawing from an intersectional and postcolonial perspective. The article draws
attention to the influence of local colonial history on current intersections of
stratification’s structures based on gender, class and color. Afterwards, the essay
considers ongoing changes in this matrix of oppression concerning the experiences of
black poor young men from the suburbs. Finally, the author claims the street
organizations they create represent both an example of “protest masculinities” and a
form of resistance against urban inequality.
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due to the othering function of shelters and to the power distribution inside them.
masculinities’ social constructions in the urban reality of Praia, capital city of Cape
Verde, drawing from an intersectional and postcolonial perspective. The article draws
attention to the influence of local colonial history on current intersections of
stratification’s structures based on gender, class and color. Afterwards, the essay
considers ongoing changes in this matrix of oppression concerning the experiences of
black poor young men from the suburbs. Finally, the author claims the street
organizations they create represent both an example of “protest masculinities” and a
form of resistance against urban inequality.
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due to the othering function of shelters and to the power distribution inside them.
masculinities’ social constructions in the urban reality of Praia, capital city of Cape
Verde, drawing from an intersectional and postcolonial perspective. The article draws
attention to the influence of local colonial history on current intersections of
stratification’s structures based on gender, class and color. Afterwards, the essay
considers ongoing changes in this matrix of oppression concerning the experiences of
black poor young men from the suburbs. Finally, the author claims the street
organizations they create represent both an example of “protest masculinities” and a
form of resistance against urban inequality.