The hazing in the Brazilian Navy's College: an anthropological approach

Authors

  • Celso Castro Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Keywords:

military, hierarchy, hazing, Brazilian Navy's College, Brazil

Abstract

This article, originally written in 1985, was added by a new preface and a post face. It presents a research on the hazing in Brazilian Navy's College that had a social drama (in Victor Turner's terms) as a key-event: the expulsion of several veterans after being denounced by a freshman. The empirical data come from a set of interviews with five former students of the same class. The main hypothesis is that the hazing is a rite of passage that focus on the learning of the importance of hierarchy for military life.

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Published

2010-01-14

How to Cite

CASTRO, Celso. The hazing in the Brazilian Navy’s College: an anthropological approach. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 4, p. 569–595, 2010. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/4248. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 2, n. 4, jul.-dec. 2009. Dossier History and Defense

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