Afro-Brazilian religions in media: from police pages to the sacred spectacularization
This article aims to present an overview of the representations constructed by the media about Afro-Brazilian religions throughout the 20th century. Using bibliographic and documentary research as methodology, the study analyzes the news published in Jornal do Brasil, between 1900 and 1985. It is ob...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Política (Compolítica) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Compolítica |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.compolitica.ojsbrasil.com.br:article/516 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista.compolitica.org/index.php/revista/article/view/516 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Representações midiáticas Religiões de matrizes africanas Racismo religioso |
| Sumario: | This article aims to present an overview of the representations constructed by the media about Afro-Brazilian religions throughout the 20th century. Using bibliographic and documentary research as methodology, the study analyzes the news published in Jornal do Brasil, between 1900 and 1985. It is observed that, in the midst of articulations amongst State, press and society, Afro-Brazilian cults have gone from a restricted and inferiorized practice to a folkloricized and spectacularized symbol of “brazilianness”. In this sense, as a product of its time, a component of interpersonal debates and a public opinion constituent, the media reproduce and spread speeches tied to stigmas and stereotypes and the use of hatred as a communicative act creates consequences that will be felt until current days. |
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