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Transnational Resistances: (Im)mobilities in the Ballroom Scene between São Paulo and New York

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25091/S01013300202600030003

Keywords:

ballroom, Black diaspora, Black LGBT art, mobility, migration

Abstract

The consolidation of the ballroom scene in Brazil has opened new pathways for black LGBT artists. Drawing on fieldwork and documentary research conducted since 2018, I examine the circulation of knowledge, aesthetics, and people between São Paulo and New York. Centering on Coletivo Amem, I explore how these exchanges generate new forms of mobility, belonging, and resistance within the ballroom scene. 

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Author Biography

Bruno Nzinga Ribeiro, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Bruno Nzinga Ribeiro é doutorando em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Foi Visiting Scholar na NYU (2019-2020) e na CUNY (2024-2025) e integra a Necropolitics Mass Violence Network (ISA RC48). Atualmente pesquisa as (i)mobilidades de migrantes brasileiros LGBT em Nova York.

Submitted

11/11/2026

Posted

11/12/2026

How to Cite

Transnational Resistances: (Im)mobilities in the Ballroom Scene between São Paulo and New York. (2026). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.25091/S01013300202600030003

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Human Sciences

Copyright (c) 2026 Bruno Nzinga Ribeiro

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