Lifestyle and political conflicts in contemporary Brazil

• Grant number: 21/04485-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2021
• End date: February 28, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Michel Nicolau Netto
• Grantee: Gustavo de Sousa Vieira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/20074-2 - Beyond distinction: tastes, cultural practices and class in São Paulo City, AP.TEM

Abstract

In contemporary Brazil, symbolic struggles over lifestyles seem to be linked with disputes around the politics. From an attempt to articulate in a single object issues typical of studies on lifestyles (cultural practices, tastes and consumption) and studies on political behaviors (opinions and actions of individuals in relation to politics), the objective of the research we propose it is to investigate what kind of links are established between social classes, lifestyles and political behaviors. With this, we seek to understand the role of the articulations between culture and politics in the formation of symbolic boundaries between social groups. In this investigation, we will test the hypothesis that the link between lifestyles and political behaviors is a sign of the entry of lifestyles into the set of criteria used by individuals to demarcate political boundaries and justify political behaviors. Methodologically, we will carry out questionnaires and in-depth interviews with a group of fathers and mothers or guardians of students from four schools in the city of São Paulo (two public and two private) that are characterized by different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VIEIRA, Gustavo de Sousa. The cultural fraction of the middle classes in São Paulo: political positions, lifestyles and symbolic boundaries. 2024. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.