We are not in the same boat neither the same river

gerontocíde, necropolitical practices of government and the social discourse on aging in pandemic time

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v29i1p150-155

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aging, geronticide, covid-19, necropolitics, Bolsonaro's governent, Brazil

Abstract

Essay analyzing the current situation of the elderly in Brazil in the context of the first semester of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, dialoguing with Mbembe's (2011) concepts of necropolitics and the notion of gerontocide.

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2020-06-10

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020)

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Conjuntura

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How to Cite

Henning, C. E. (2020). We are not in the same boat neither the same river: gerontocíde, necropolitical practices of government and the social discourse on aging in pandemic time. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 29(1), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v29i1p150-155