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Use Mascara: The Trajectory of COVID‐19 in the Favela Rocinha

Use Mascara: The Trajectory of COVID‐19 in the Favela Rocinha City & Society Jessica Leigh Glass Tulane University The first words I heard people in my community speak of COVID-19 were, “Isso é doença de gente rica (this is an illness for rich people).” I live in Rocinha, the largest favela in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and by some estimates, in Brazil. As many people know, favelas are low-income Brazilian neighborhoods that are largely informally constructed and often neglected by the government. I am a PhD student in Latin American Studies, and I moved to Rio in July of 2019 to conduct ethnographic fieldwork on citizenship, identity, and the commodification of favelas and their residents. I moved to Rocinha specifically because my husband is from this community. Observing the local chronology of the coronavirus narrative and the responses that followed have become an unintentional, but necessary, addition to my research. The local narrative moved quickly from “this is an illness for rich people” to “Os gringos estão carregando essa doença (foreigners are bringing this illness).” Though I had been living in Rocinha for several months, I became concerned that I might be associated with the virus. I was quickly reassured by conversations with neighbors that I http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

Use Mascara: The Trajectory of COVID‐19 in the Favela Rocinha

Glass, Jessica Leigh
City & Society , Volume 32 (2) – Aug 1, 2020
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City & Society Jessica Leigh Glass Tulane University The first words I heard people in my community speak of COVID-19 were, “Isso é doença de gente rica (this is an illness for rich people).” I live in Rocinha, the largest favela in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and by some estimates, in Brazil. As many people know, favelas are low-income Brazilian neighborhoods that are largely informally constructed and often neglected by the government. I am a PhD student in Latin American Studies, and I moved to Rio in July of 2019 to conduct ethnographic fieldwork on citizenship, identity, and the commodification of favelas and their residents. I moved to Rocinha specifically because my husband is from this community. Observing the local chronology of the coronavirus narrative and the responses that followed have become an unintentional, but necessary, addition to my research. The local narrative moved quickly from “this is an illness for rich people” to “Os gringos estão carregando essa doença (foreigners are bringing this illness).” Though I had been living in Rocinha for several months, I became concerned that I might be associated with the virus. I was quickly reassured by conversations with neighbors that I

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