Aspectos psicológicos do Zé Pelintra na cultura do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The understanding of the brazilian soul complexity arouses the interest of psychologists and researchers aligned with the theoretical framework of analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. So this is the development of research on the african-Brazilian religious diversity. Genuinely Brazilian, Umbanda is marked by syncretism of indigenous, african traditions, catholicism and the spiritism of Kardec. It is remarkable the integration, on the mythical plan in his own Pantheon, of marginalized members categories. In this sense, Zé Pelintra is the direct representative of the Rio’s trickery which emerged in the early of the twentieth century. Historical fact of this period which we highlight, are the intense removals (remocao de que???) known as the "put-to-low" of Pereira Passos. It is in this period that the figure of the "trickster" appears circulating for several areas of the city. In 1808, with the arrival of the Royal Family and the Portuguese Court in Brazil, the Law of Pensions was established to ensure the Portuguese nobles the right to request a house to bring them satisfaction. During this period, the groups of “capoeira” as well as tricksters, occupied the city on their own way. In the XXI century, Rio de Janeiro lives a new process of change in the urban and social space, as in the previous arbitrary removals which were part of history. Hence, Jung understands that the unconscious processes and the conscious activity generate psychic compensation ruled by tangible and / or abstract expressions. So here we have the following questions: what material and psychological impact urban removals are causing in the city of Rio de Janeiro? If removals reveal aspects of the class struggle present in the city, then we can consider the trickster and Zé Pelintra phalanx as individual and collective unconscious compensations? In our research we recognize that the image of Zé Pelintra reveals the psychological aspects related to the personification of a cultural complex.