Uma cultura atrasada: The Luso‐Baroque Manezinha, Hyper‐Whiteness, and the Modern Middle Classes in Florianópolis, Brazil

Abstract

Resumo O presente artigo investiga as opinões da classe média branca em Florianópolis sobre seus vizinhos descendentes da diáspora açoreana, conhecidos em Florianópolis como “manezinhos”. Este último grupo enfrenta preconceitos baseados na sua imagem de pessoas simples, atrasadas e presas na tradição. São rotulados como Luso‐Barrocos – sobras da época colonial, uma lembrança embaraçosa da colonização portuguesa. Pessoas da classe média se auto‐diferenciam dos “manezinhos”, pois estes são vistos como um anacronismo que passou ignorado pela época da democracia racial, e eu sugero que são visto como brancos e europeus demais para serem brasileiros. O artigo também apresenta uma análise de gênero ao investigar a construção das “manezinhas” pelas mulheres de classe média, uma construção que confere às manezinhas o papel de vítimas de sua cultura tradicional. É contra as “manezinhas” que a classe média busca construir uma modernidade brasileira pós‐colonial que melhora sua própria branquitude.

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