Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea

The article analyzes the transformation of representations of Brazil in the context of globalization. From a field research conducted among agents in charge of the creation and simultaneous globalization of the discourse about the existence of a “Brazilian fash- ion”, we could perceive current uses...

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Main Author: Miqueli Michetti
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) 2014-01-01
Series:Ciências Sociais Unisinos
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Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=93831121004
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description The article analyzes the transformation of representations of Brazil in the context of globalization. From a field research conducted among agents in charge of the creation and simultaneous globalization of the discourse about the existence of a “Brazilian fash- ion”, we could perceive current uses of Brasilianness in global and market terms. Such uses reveal a passage from the “mestizo” to the “diverse” as the typical characteristic of Brazilianness, a notion that is now conceived in its plural form. This conception is based on a perspective that tries to enumerate differences rather than subsume them into a single type, since the enumeration of the so-called national diversity would be the most convenient posture to adopt within the world market of symbolic goods, in which the notion of “cultural diversity” currently takes prime position.
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spellingShingle Miqueli Michetti
Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
Ciências Sociais Unisinos
globalization and cultural diversity
global fashion market
miscegenation and diversity
title Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
title_full Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
title_fullStr Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
title_full_unstemmed Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
title_short Do caldeirão de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural: os usos das “brasilidades” como discurso na moda contemporânea
title_sort do caldeirao de culturas ao buffet de diversidade cultural os usos das brasilidades como discurso na moda contemporanea
topic globalization and cultural diversity
global fashion market
miscegenation and diversity
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=93831121004
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