The purpose of this study is to look into certain portrayals of the local malandros and their particular behavior, as well as the construction of the nation's imagery. This essay is intended to answer the following questions: - Why - and how - is the typical conduct of our malandros so commonly referred to, in different ways of affirmation or denial, by our intelligentsia, our politicians, musicians and journalists ( among many others ) as a constituent item of a supposed Brazilian nation? - how do we, as part of such a community, identify with the depiction of this Brazilian malando? To arrive at suitable answers, a new perspective focused on relations weaved by various ethnic, social and religious groups integrating Rio de Jnaeiros's peculiar culture was added to the academic analysis of the nation's literary and musical production. The behavior of our malandros is therefore seen as a dynamic and changeable procedure, and the malandro carioca is deemed as the representation of an individual who is an outsider, though one who is simultaneously capable of dealing with the establishment.