the making and unmaking of intimate relations in Northeast Brazil

What is it about?

This paper examines alternative ways of thinking about intimacy beyond the context of late modern global middle classes.

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Why is it important?

Intimate relations are commonly conceived as grounded in long term mutual trust. Based on fieldwork in low-income contexts of northeast Brazil this article suggests that some events of everyday life can also be seen as meaningfully intimate even if they are not premised on such ~deep~ understanding.