Abstract

PICCOLO, Fernanda Delvalhas. Memories, stories and social representations of the district of Vila Isabel and one of its slums (RJ, Brazil). Etnográfica [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.1, pp.77-102. ISSN 0873-6561.

Based on an ethnography carried out in a community center in Morro dos Macacos, located in Bairro de Vila Isabel, a district in the Northern section of Rio de Janeiro city (Brazil), the present article is about the history and memories of that slum and neighborhood. It examines some events that reinforce its official history and memory or emphasize other stories and memories, different or alike. Those events are interesting symbolical expressions of individuals and groups, for they give visibility to social networks, since they reinforce a sense of belonging to a group and create social links. They are also important for contributing to create stories and memories - official and unofficial - that build social identities and representations that guide its inhabitants’ practices.

Keywords : slum; neighborhood; social identities; social memory; social networks; urban anthropology.

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