PLACE INDENTITY IN BENFICA

DISTINCTION, DISCOURSE AND SYMBOLIC BORDERS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Authors

  • Ilaina Damasceno Pereira Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v5i2.3786

Keywords:

Identity, Difference, Place, Discourse

Abstract

This paper analyses the relation between social identity and place identity. It focuses on the discourse built by the inhabitants of Benfica – a neighborhood in the city of Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil – about their neighborhood and about the area called Gentilândia, which is considered to be more traditional and cultural in relation to the surrounding areas and their inhabitants. Thus, it is observed how an urban area is differentially valorized through representations which the inhabitants create of themselves and of the place they live in, drawing borders between inhabitants and places.

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Author Biography

Ilaina Damasceno Pereira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professora da Universidade Regional do Cariri-URCA, Mestre em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Published

2010-01-22

How to Cite

Damasceno Pereira, I. (2010). PLACE INDENTITY IN BENFICA: DISTINCTION, DISCOURSE AND SYMBOLIC BORDERS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. GeoTextos, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v5i2.3786

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