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oapen-20.500.12657-484632023-02-01T08:49:21Z Squatting in Rio de Janeiro Wittger, Bea Political Science History & Theory Social Science Sociology Urban Social Science Gender Studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSG Urban communities bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender. 2021-04-29T03:31:13Z 2021-04-29T03:31:13Z 2017 book 9783839435472 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48463 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472 41c40975-bd58-4511-b3ef-e5a2022bdfb1 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839435472 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) transcript Verlag Bielefeld Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.
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