Porto Alegre and its reflexes: the imagined city and the official city

Authors

  • Lizete Dias de Oliveira UFRGS

Keywords:

History Porto Alegre (RS). Imagined Porto Alegre.

Abstract

Information about the historical origin of the city is presented as well as official and current data on area and population, identifying and characterizing its’ main neighborhoods. History and official data are related to the construction of the imaginary about the city. The article reflects upon the production of an official discourse, based on data and statistics and the relation between this discourse and the meanings produced by Porto Alegre’s inhabitants.

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Lizete Dias de Oliveira, UFRGS

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Published

2010-11-08

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, Lizete Dias de. Porto Alegre and its reflexes: the imagined city and the official city. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 16, p. 17–28, 2010. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/16509. Acesso em: 18 aug. 2026.

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