Violence and vulnerability : the everyday life of black youth in suburbs of two Brazilian state capitals

Violence is a serious public health issue and constitutes a historical social phenomenon with diverse causes and consequences, and multiple manifestations. The main victims continue to be populations left vulnerable and marginalised, where dimensions including gender, class, race and social belonging intersect. Although studies to explain the phenomenon of violence do address ethnic and racial issues, they tend not to consider violence as stemming also from institutional racism. This paper examines data from a qualitative and quantitative study drawing on focus groups and semi-structured interviews to evaluate symbolic and structural violence experienced by young black people from 15 to 29 years old residing in peripheral neighbourhoods of two Brazilian state capitals - Recife and Fortaleza. The focus is on their standpoints that situate the intersectionality, especially among race/skin colour, territorial belonging and class, in the very definition of identity. In both capitals, the young black people revealed a common reality: life projects constrained by economic limitations and by the concrete or symbolic demarcation of social spaces to which they are denied access.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Ciencia & saude coletiva - 29(2024), 3 vom: 07. März, Seite e04402023

Sprache:

Portugiesisch

Weiterer Titel:

Violência e vulnerabilização: o cotidiano de jovens negros e negras em periferias de duas capitais brasileiras

Beteiligte Personen:

Silva, Maria Edna Bezerra [VerfasserIn]
Anuciação, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Trad, Leny Alves Bonfim [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.03.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1590/1413-81232024293.04402023

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NLM369413954