The reinvention of self in the world of street: Paths and narratives of who lives in it

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v22i3.56093

Keywords:

homeless, ethnography, narrative

Abstract

The article describes and analyses the lifestyle of people living in the streets, starting from two stories used as ethnographic references, through participant and itinerant observations in the cities of Fortaleza and Lisbon. The narratives about life in the “world of the streets”, point out the multiplicity, diversity, and temporality as marks of the lives of contemporary urban nomads. The diverse ways of living observed in this study point out the reinvention of themselves and the street’s world through the creation of new material and existential territories. Reinvention that surpasses the exclusive frontier of need and image victimization and blaming that are often used as poles of representation of homeless in two surveyed cities.

Author Biographies

Maria Teresa Nobre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Professoa Associada do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFRN. Doutora em Sociologia.

Area: Psicologia Social/Institucional

Temas de interesse: estudos sobre cidades, cotidiano, política, produção de subjetividade, movimentos sociais.

Irlys Alencar Firmo Barreira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professoa Titular do Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da UFC. Doutora em Sociologia.

Area: Sociologia Urbana

Temas de interesse: estudos sobre cidades,  política, subjetividade, cultura.

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Published

2018-12-01

How to Cite

Nobre, M. T., & Barreira, I. A. F. (2018). The reinvention of self in the world of street: Paths and narratives of who lives in it. Interação Em Psicologia, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v22i3.56093

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Seção especial

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