Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
Drawing on original research, this paper explores the relationship between community identity and informality in Bolivia and Brazil, answering the question “How does informality influence and operate as identity in the social imaginary of urban Bolivia and Brazil?” Based on case studies of informal settlements in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Niterói, Brazil, I argue that informality is a tool of social control, community resistance, and identity consolidation. Community identity is informed by the territorial stigmatization of place through national conceptualizations of race and violence, and histories of marginality, resulting in resistance identity and insurgent citizenships.
Recommended Citation
Gempler, Georgia E., "Activating Informality: Negotiating Urban Identities in Bolivia and Brazil" (2017). Latin American Studies Honors Projects. 10.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/lashonors/10
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