Festa junina and the Changing Meanings of Brazilian Rural Festivals in Urban Spaces
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Date
2015
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Ohio State University. Center for Latin American Studies
Abstract
Festa
junina
(June
Festival)
is
a
set
of
religious
celebrations
that
is
mostly
popular
in
the
country
but
has
also
become
prevalent
throughout
Brazilian
cities.
The
most
popular
of
the
festas
juninas,
the
festival
of
São
João,
is
seen
as
an
occasion
in
urban
centers
to
celebrate
rural
life.
Unfortunately,
the
way
in
which
some
urbanites
choose
to
celebrate
the
festival
of
São
João
smacks
of
elitism
and
prejudice
against
rural
people,
since
the
day
is
partly
characterized
by
performances
of
rural
stereotypes.
It
is
not
immediately
evident
why
a
festival
that
was
intended
(among
other
motives)
to
celebrate
rural
life
has
become
a
day
in
which
to
ridicule
it
in
Brazilian
cities,
but
I
believe
that
a
particularly
powerful
phenomenon
that
I
have
termed
the
“urban
gaze”
may
be
to
blame.
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alter/nativas, latin american cultural studies journal, no. 4 (Spring 2015)