Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela : : Urban Violence and Daily Life / / R. Ben Penglase.
The residents of Caxambu, a squatter neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, live in a state of insecurity as they face urban violence. Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela examines how inequality, racism, drug trafficking, police brutality, and gang activities affect the daily lives of the people o...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. "To Live Here You Have To Know How To Live"
- 2. "Now You Know What It'S Like": Ethnography In A State Of (In)Security
- 3. A Familiar Hillside And Dangerous Intimates
- 4. Tubarão And Seu Lázaro'S Dog: Drug Traffickers And Abnormalization
- 5. "The Men Are In The Area": Police, Race, And Place
- 6. Conclusion: "It Was Here That Estela Was Shot"
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About The Author