They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space

This article focuses on the elucidation of the cultural and biopolitical mechanisms that act in the criminalization of Afro-descendants in areas of the city of Havana over the past three decades. This prejudice that leads to police intervention in the life of Afro- Cubans, is brought out in the fram...

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Autor principal: Espinosa, Eduardo Luis
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2023
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Criminalización
Afrocubanos
Totalitarismo
Biopolítica
Espacio Urbano
Criminalization
Afro-Cubans
Totalitarism
Biopolitics
Urban Space
Acceso en línea:https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/97
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spelling I15-R205-article-972023-04-11T03:13:48Z They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space A los afrodescendientes “nos los pintan” como criminales. Cultura y biopolítica por el espacio urbano Espinosa, Eduardo Luis Criminalización Afrocubanos Totalitarismo Biopolítica Espacio Urbano Criminalization Afro-Cubans Totalitarism Biopolitics Urban Space This article focuses on the elucidation of the cultural and biopolitical mechanisms that act in the criminalization of Afro-descendants in areas of the city of Havana over the past three decades. This prejudice that leads to police intervention in the life of Afro- Cubans, is brought out in the framework of the symbolization of the imaginary of a unified nation, without racial contrasts, and of the continuum of a totalitarian State. Criminalization comes from a colonial root. It combines social control and culture. The first uses old colonial constructions of the social hierarchy. The second maintains those postcolonial forms between its naturalization and the onslaught of the fight for equality. Este artículo se enfoca en la dilucidación de los mecanismos culturales y biopolíticos que actúan en la criminalización de los afrodescendientes en áreas de la ciudad de La Habana en las últimas tres décadas. Ese prejuicio que lleva a la intervención policial en la vida de los afrocubanos, se revela en los marcos de la simbolización del imaginario de una nación unificada, sin contrastes raciales, y del continuum de un Estado totalitario. La criminalización viene de una raíz colonial. En ella se conjugan el control social y la cultura. El primero se vale de viejas construcciones coloniales de la jerarquía social. La segunda mantiene esas hechuras poscoloniales entre su naturalización y los embates de la lucha por la igualdad. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2023-04-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/97 10.35305/rr.v3i6.97 Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP); Vol. 3 Núm. 6 (2023); 137 - 161 2683-7420 spa https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/97/163 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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topic Criminalización
Afrocubanos
Totalitarismo
Biopolítica
Espacio Urbano
Criminalization
Afro-Cubans
Totalitarism
Biopolitics
Urban Space
spellingShingle Criminalización
Afrocubanos
Totalitarismo
Biopolítica
Espacio Urbano
Criminalization
Afro-Cubans
Totalitarism
Biopolitics
Urban Space
Espinosa, Eduardo Luis
They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
topic_facet Criminalización
Afrocubanos
Totalitarismo
Biopolítica
Espacio Urbano
Criminalization
Afro-Cubans
Totalitarism
Biopolitics
Urban Space
author Espinosa, Eduardo Luis
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title They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
title_short They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
title_full They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
title_fullStr They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
title_full_unstemmed They “make” Afro-descendants “look like” criminals. Culture and Biopolitics through the Urban Space
title_sort they “make” afro-descendants “look like” criminals. culture and biopolitics through the urban space
description This article focuses on the elucidation of the cultural and biopolitical mechanisms that act in the criminalization of Afro-descendants in areas of the city of Havana over the past three decades. This prejudice that leads to police intervention in the life of Afro- Cubans, is brought out in the framework of the symbolization of the imaginary of a unified nation, without racial contrasts, and of the continuum of a totalitarian State. Criminalization comes from a colonial root. It combines social control and culture. The first uses old colonial constructions of the social hierarchy. The second maintains those postcolonial forms between its naturalization and the onslaught of the fight for equality.
publisher Universidad Nacional de Rosario
publishDate 2023
url https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/97
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