Cortiço (pronounced [koʁˈtʃisu], [kuʁˈtʃisu]), or gueto (Portuguese language for "beehive" and "ghetto" respectively; tenements), [1] is a common Portuguese term used in Brazil for an area of concentrated, high density urban housing where people live with poor sanitation and hygiene conditions. [2]
Noun cortiço m (plural cortiços) beehive (nest of bees) Synonym: (more common) colmeia tenement (a run-down, low-rent building with multiple tenants) (loosely) shanty town (cluster of impoverished houses) Synonym: favela
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The setting for novelist Aluísio Azevedo’s O Cortiço — a classic 1890 take on tenement life that remains a Brazilian high-school reading list staple — is actually Rio de Janeiro.
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May Bletz Brock University, Canada Introduction When Aluísio de Azevedo first published O Cortiço in 1890, it was immediately recognized as an important literary event. Still on every mandatory reading list in Brazil today, the novel is traditionally interpreted as a high point in Brazilian naturalism, heavily influenced by French deterministic thinkers and focusing on class conflict ...
O Cortiço é um romance do escritor brasileiro Aluísio de Azevedo. Foi publicado em 1890 e faz parte do movimento naturalista do Brasil. A obra retrata a vida das pessoas simples em um cortiço (habitação coletiva) do Rio de Janeiro. Com um teor crítico, trata-se de uma exímia representação...