Necropolitics revisited: how mainstream media coverage of Marielle's shooting in Brazil depoliticises her struggle and reinforces neoliberal logics

Until her assassination on the 14th of March 2018, activist Marielle Franco was a voice of her comunidade, the favela of Maré in Rio de Janeiro, and repeatedly denounced police brutality and the genocide of Black people, a topic that is not often covered by mainstream media in Brazil. When Marielle...

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Main Author: Gabriela Loureiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Warwick 2022-02-01
Series:Alternautas
Online Access:https://localhost/index.php/alternautas/article/view/1088