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Entre ruas e latidos: A influência cultural da 'carrocinha' na literatura de Lima Barreto sobre os cães do Rio de Janeiro

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Title: Entre ruas e latidos: A influência cultural da 'carrocinha' na literatura de Lima Barreto sobre os cães do Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Torquato, Ana Carolina
Publisher Information: 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: 201118 Urban water supply and sanitation, SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden, 602042 Romanistik, Urbanization, 602042 Romance studies, Lima Barreto, 106060 Tierethik, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, Carrocinha dos cachorros, 602053 Comparative literature studies, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, 201118 Siedlungswasserbau, SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen, 106060 Animal ethics, 602053 Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Animal Studies, Brazilian Literature
Description: This article examines the role of dogs in Rio de Janeiro between the late 19th and early 20thcenturies, a period of intense urban and sanitary transformations. As the city modernized underPereira Passos’ reforms, dogs were increasingly seen not only as companions and urban workers butalso as a threat to public health. The creation of the carrocinha – a state-run vehicle for capturingstray dogs – symbolized a shift in human-dog relations, reflecting the growing control over animalsin urban spaces. Lima Barreto’s 1919 chronicle, "A Carroça dos Cachorros", offers a satiricalcritique of these policies and the impact of state repression on dogs and their owners. Throughliterature and historical records, this study seeks to understand the social and cultural implicationsof the persecution of dogs in the modern city, and how these animals were represented in thecollective imagination of Rio de Janeiro.
Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
Language: Portuguese
Access URL: https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/060947d7-eaff-451a-a3f3-b37941d92036
Accession Number: edsair.dris...00911..41b883302e60c6b461a013a78c6370e3
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:This article examines the role of dogs in Rio de Janeiro between the late 19th and early 20thcenturies, a period of intense urban and sanitary transformations. As the city modernized underPereira Passos’ reforms, dogs were increasingly seen not only as companions and urban workers butalso as a threat to public health. The creation of the carrocinha – a state-run vehicle for capturingstray dogs – symbolized a shift in human-dog relations, reflecting the growing control over animalsin urban spaces. Lima Barreto’s 1919 chronicle, "A Carroça dos Cachorros", offers a satiricalcritique of these policies and the impact of state repression on dogs and their owners. Throughliterature and historical records, this study seeks to understand the social and cultural implicationsof the persecution of dogs in the modern city, and how these animals were represented in thecollective imagination of Rio de Janeiro.