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Zerbini de Carvalho Martins, Cecilia (2020)

NECROPOLITICS OF MIGRATION: AN ANALYSIS OF BOLSONARO’S PRONOUNCEMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON MIGRANTS’ LIVES IN BRAZIL

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

As migration increases in the world, many countries struggle to address it. Some governments have taken on a necropolitical stance on the matter, meaning that they have deliberately failed to help migrants and asylum seekers in their territories, effectively abandoning them to die. As migration trends also increase in Brazil, the current administration of Jair Bolsonaro could be following in the same path as those governments. This thesis will analyze the presence of necropolitics in Bolsonaro’s discourse, arguing that he uses language to justify the ‘letting die’ of immigrants.

Necropolitics

Migration

Critical Discourse Analysis

Bolsonaro

Brazil

Author

Zerbini de Carvalho Martins, Cecilia

Note

This thesis analyzes the presence of necropolitics in Bolsonaro's discourse regarding migrants in Brazil

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Latin America

Supervisors

Alves Vieira, Eduardo

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en