Praieira gentrification

architecture, corporal techniques and movements

Abstract

In this article I propose to think on the body experiences in contemporary times from the praieira gentrification. So I introduced initially the historic generalization of gentrification. Then, I do considerations about the architecture that best symbolizes the liminal ennobled praieira zone: the lounge beach architecture. Finally, I assert that the new architectural forms contribute to the negotiation of bodies, making it possible in certain occasions, the construction of places of contestation, border areas, where the subjects deprived of power use the imposed order and the scarce resources available. The main argument considers the body as a synthesis of citizens processes incorporating its contradictions and possibilities. In this sense, the body movements of the hawkers put in practice contestable corporal logics to the uses expected from the body.