Protests as “Events”: The Symbolic Struggles in 2013 Demonstrations in Turkey and Brazil

Abstract Introduction: The concept of “event” offers a valuable lens to understand the discursive contestations in and around protests. Events create ruptures that disturb the logic of continuity and open up new way of thinking and talking about the past and the future. Drawing on this concept, thi...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça, Selen A. Ercan, Umut Ozguc, Stephanie Lorraine Gomes Reis, Paula Guimarães Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná
Series:Revista de Sociologia e Política
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-44782019000100205&lng=en&tlng=en