Eugenia Alvares Affonso

The Brazilian Version of Hochschild’s “Deep Story” by Eugênia Álvares Affonso

While reading chapter nine of Hochschild’sStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right , I couldn’t help but think about how the “Deep Story” she proposes to explain the...

Brazilian democracy under threat: the pathway that led President Bolsonaro to power by Eugênia Álvares Affonso

Boston University

On October 28, 2018, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, from PSL (Social Liberal Party), was elected president of Brazil with 55 percent of valid votes on the second round of the elections. Despite of having...