Living (Il)legalities in Brazil Practices Narratives and Institutions in a Country on the Edge
Reflecting on some of Brazil’s foremost challenges this book considers the porous relationship between legality and illegality in a country that presages political and societal changes in hitherto unprecedented dimensions. It brings together work by established scholars from Brazil Europe and the United States to think through how (il)legalities are produced and represented at the level of institutions (daily) practice and culture. Througha transdisciplinary approach the chapters cover issues including informal work practices (e. g. street vendors) urban squatter movements and migration. Alongside social practices the volume features close analyses of cultural practices and cultural production including migrant literature punk music and indigenous art. The question of (il)legalities resonates beyond Brazil’s borders as concepts such as lawfare have crept into vocabularies and countries the world over grapple with issues like state interference fake news and the definition of illegal migration. This is valuable reading for scholars in Brazilian and Latin American Studies as well as those working in literary and cultural studies anthropology sociology geography and political science. | Living (Il)legalities in Brazil Practices Narratives and Institutions in a Country on the Edge