“Respeto”, “irrespeto” y policía desde la mirada de los vecinos de favelas

Abstract

Respeto, irrespeto y policía desde la mirada de los vecinos de favelas Respect, disrespect RESUMEN Las narrativas de los vecinos de dos favelas brasileras sobre ciertas prácticas de agentes de seguridad pública, revelan la experiencia de un insulto moral. Ellas nos permiten avanzar en la reflexión sobre cómo ciertas categorías comúnmente empleadas por los habitantes de las favelas permiten acceder a la trama de significados, que revelan visiones de mundo, centrales para la comprensión de lo que está en juego cuando ellos se refieren a la policía. Tomar las categorías locales y los contextos en los cuales ellas surgen como objeto de análisis, nos permite vislumbrar por qué determinados episodios y comportamientos son significados como gestos de desconsideración, una ofensa a la dignidad de determinado «tipo de persona» que vive en esta región.PALABRAS CLAVE Insulto moral, reconocimiento, favela, violencia policial.ABSTRACT The narratives of the inhabitants of two Brazilian favelas on certain practices by the agents of law and order reveal the experience of a moral insult. They allow us to advance in our reflections on how certain categories commonly used by favela-dwellers open up access to a web of meanings which reveals world-views central to understanding of what is in

Police and Gendered Labor Performances: Hypermasculinity and Policing as a Masculine Function

“…Moreover, the program's very design has its limitations, both in theory and practice. Our focus on gender relations and masculinity is intended to complement rather than replace other recent analyses of Rio de Janeiro's pacification program and its multiple challenges, as discussed by Zaluar (2016), Cardoso (2016), Teixeira (2017, and Muniz & Mello (2015), among others.…”

“…favelas, gradually establishing a set of unwritten rules beneficial to gang members and later on to faction's members, although objectionable to most workers who had been living in these communities since their inception, marking a clear divide between unarmed workers and armed criminals (Zaluar 1985;Cardoso 2016). Nevertheless, police officers who dealt with favela dwellers did not always acknowledge this division and mistrusted local residents, perceiving them as possible or potential criminals.…”