Português Português

Authors

  • Luiza Gould Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Português Português Português

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-9967.2019v8n14p51-65

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection about “spectacularization” of poverty in the media and its ethical and social implications. Supported by the concepts of  the spectacle (DEBORD, 1997 [1967]) and pseudoconcreticity (KOSIK, 1976), it analyzes an exposition of individuals in extreme poverty in three special reports published in the 1960s by the magazines Life and O Cruzeiro. We seek to understand the goals of the media by making visible socially marginalized individuals and we point out the possible consequences of the “beam of light” (FOUCAULT, 2006 [1977]) on bodies marked by poverty. To this end, the paper discusses the “prison-world” (BENJAMIN, 1987 [1985]) in which these characters are enclosed and the role of mediatization (SODRÉ, 2002) in their social constitution.

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Published

2020-02-12

How to Cite

GOULD, Luiza; PORTUGUÊS, Português. Português Português. Dispositiva, Belo Horizonte, v. 8, n. 14, p. 51–65, 2020. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-9967.2019v8n14p51-65. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/dispositiva/article/view/21577. Acesso em: 20 aug. 2025.

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Vol. 8 No. 14 (2019): Dispositiva

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FREE THEME ARTICLES

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Copyright (c) 2020 Luiza Gould, Carla Baiense Felix

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