Popular economy and cultural politics in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v25.73441

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Based on a comprehensive review, this essay analyzes the relationship between cultural markets and public policy in Brazil. In particular, it examines conceptions that drive these policies, marked by dichotomies largely distinct from those that drive practices in broad sectors of society. Hegemonic ideas usually negatively frame the processes of commercialization of culture, while popular daily practices may recognize market relations as a positive form of social attribution of value, which boosts the production, circulation, and consumption of these goods and services. This divorce between hegemonic conceptions and popular practices has consequences for the effectiveness of policies, especially due to the underestimation of the role of commercial chains of informal and popular cultural offerings. Alternatively, we point to possible advantages of these policies acting in favor of the supply of cultural goods and services through market relations, rather than only through traditional governmental provision. 

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Cleber Dias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, cleberdiasufmg@gmail.com

Professor da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e doutor pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Wecisley Ribeiro Espírito Santo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, wecisley@yahoo.com.br

Doutor em Antropologia Social (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) e professor da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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2023-02-10

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DIAS, C.; ESPÍRITO SANTO, W. R. Popular economy and cultural politics in Brazil. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 25, 2023. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v25.73441. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/73441. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 25 (2022)

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