Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela: Urban Violence and Daily Life [None ed.] 081356543X, 9780813565439

Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela: Urban Violence and Daily Life 9780813565453

The residents of Caxambu, a squatter neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, live in a state of insecurity as they face urban vi

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Minoritarian Liberalism: A Travesti Life in a Brazilian Favela 9780226818269

A mesmerizing ethnography of the largest favela in Rio, where residents articulate their own politics of freedom against

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Berlin: Urban Architecture and Daily Life 2009–2022 9783955535926, 9783955535919

The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest a

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The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil 9780520958692

In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, traffickers assert power through conspicuous displays of wealth and force, brandishing high

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Living in the Crossfire : Favela Residents, Drug Dealers, and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro [1 ed.] 9781439900055, 9781439900031

For all of Brazil's efforts to reduce poverty-and its progress-the favelas in Rio de Janeiro still house one-third

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Dangerous Encounters: Meanings of Violence in a Brazilian City 9781503621947

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Slavery Unseen: Sex, Power, and Violence in Brazilian History 9780822371687

Lamonte Aidoo upends dominant narratives of Brazilian national identity by showing how the myth of racial democracy is b

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Safeguarding Children Living with Trauma and Family Violence 9781843109389

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Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti 9781978820623

Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devas

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Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868 9780824862299

Nishiyama Matsunosuke is one of the most important historians of Tokugawa (Edo) popular culture, yet until now his work

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