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Abstract
This article presents an ethnographic study conducted in a high-end retirement home in Rio de Janeiro, aimed at analyzing the memories of 27 elderly residents (born between 1924 and 1952) from the Brazilian urban elite regarding their leisure, consumption, and sociability practices between the 1930s and 1970s. Based on fieldwork observations, the elders’ narratives were interpreted as collective representations shaped by the processes of modernization, industrialization, and the expansion of mass media. The testimonies reveal how household appliances, automobiles, travel, fashion, media, and advertising strategies became symbolic markers of social distinction, projecting images of prosperity and progress.
| Translated title of the contribution | Memories of a time of leisure, consumption and joy: an ethnographic study of a retirement home in Rio de Janeiro |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Article number | e202510838027 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-23 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas |
| Issue number | 108 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jul 2025 |
Keywords
- Collective memory
- Consumer culture
- Ethnography
- Social distinction
- Leisure and sociability
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CUBE: Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics: UID/00407/2025. Pluriannual 2025-2029
Bastos, W. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research