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1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"To live here you have to know how to live" -- "Now you know what it's like" : ethnography in a state of (in)security -- A familiar hillside and dangerous intimates -- Tubarão and Seu Lázaro's dog : drug-traffickers and abnormalization -- "The men are in the area" : police, race and place -- Conclusion : "it was here that Estella was shot." |
| Summary |
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 of Caxambu. Some Brazilians see these communities, known as favelas, as centers of drug trafficking that exist beyond the control of the state and threaten the rest of the city. For other Brazilians, favelas are symbols of economic inequality and racial exclusion. Ben Penglase's ethnography goes bey. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Marginality, Social. |
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Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. |
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Violence -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Violence -- Social aspects. |
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Violence. |
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Urban poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Urban poor. |
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Caxambu (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social conditions.
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Social conditions.
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Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Slums. |
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Squatter settlements -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Squatter settlements. |
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Drug traffic -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Drug traffic -- Social aspects. |
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Drug traffic. |
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Police brutality -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Police brutality. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Penglase, Ben. Living with insecurity in a Brazilian favela 9780813565446 (DLC) 2013042859 (OCoLC)868147142 |
| ISBN |
9780813565453 (electronic book) |
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0813565456 (electronic book) |
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9780813565446 |
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0813565448 |
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9780813565439 |
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081356543X |
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