The city and the "necessary evil": a zone of prostitution, social marginality and dispute over urban spaces (Pouso Alegre-MG, 1969-1988)

Authors

  • Eduardo Moreira Assis Colégio Sinapse - Sistema Anglo de Ensino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-45192006000100009

Keywords:

Prostitution zone and urban territory, Prejudice and symbolic borderlines, Oral history and press

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the tense relationship established between the Minas Gerais state city of Pouso Alegre and its prostitution zone in the years from 1969 to 1988, that were marked by a moral campaign against prostitution zone at the same time city experienced modernity and progress, reinforcing invisible borderlines and prejudices throughout negative or "necessary evil" based social presentation on prostitution and its zoning.

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Published

2006-01-01

Issue

No. 17 (2006)

Section

Dossiê Amazônia

How to Cite

Assis, E. M. (2006). The city and the "necessary evil": a zone of prostitution, social marginality and dispute over urban spaces (Pouso Alegre-MG, 1969-1988). Cadernos CERU, 17, 125-143. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-45192006000100009