THE STIGMA OF A FAVELADO : RESIGNING THE FAVELA CONCEPT IN THE INTERNAL URBAN DYNAMICS IN AREINHA, IN THE COMMUNITY OF COQUE

Abstract

The aim of this article is to describe the internal concept of favela in the community of Coque, which is already stigmatized by the formal city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The internal concept of favela. carries with it a symbolic content that is represented in particular urban spatiality and dynamics that place people, the favelados, within this spatial-symbolic category. The formal city perspective for poverty areas generate a particular concept of favela already explored in multiple studies; however, the internal category of favela has been little explored. In this way, we intend to describe Areinha 's inner urban spatiality and dynamics. The particularity of the study area is that while Coque itself is, in the imaginary of Recife's population, a violent area; Areinha is itself recognized as one of the most violent space of Coque from the internal perspective of the community.