| Description |
x, 265 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jorge Balán -- Cities written by violence : an introducton / Susana Rotker -- City : between fear and the media / Jesús Martín-Barbero -- Urban violence in Latin America and the Caribbean : dimensions, explanations, actions / Alberto Concha-Eastman -- Colombia : toward an institutional collapse? / Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez -- Terror and violence in Mexican political culture at the end of the twentieth century / Raquel Sosa Elízaga -- Democracy, citizenship, and violence in Venezuela / Ana María Sanjuán. |
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Youth crime in São Paulo : myths, images, and facts / Sérgio Adorno -- A small mistake (chronicle) / José Roberto Duque -- Ciudad Bolívar : brush strokes against death (chronicle) / José Navia --- Drive-by victim (chronicle) / Alberto Salcedo Ramos -- State violence in Brazil : the professional morality of torturers / Martha K. Huggins -- Impact of exposure to violence in São Paulo : accepting violence or continuing horror? -- Nancy Cárdia -- Social construction of fear : urban narratives and practices / Rossana Reguillo. |
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Imaginaries and narratives of prison violence / Yolanda Salas -- We are the others / Susana Rotker -- Citizenship and urban violence : nightmares in the open air / Carlos Monsiváis. |
| Subject |
Violence -- Latin America -- Congresses.
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Violence. |
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Latin America. |
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Urban policy -- Latin America -- Congresses.
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Urban policy. |
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Urban violence -- Latin America.
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Urban violence. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Rotker, Susana, 1954-
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Goldman, Katherine.
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| ISBN |
0813530342 alkaline paper |
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0813530350 paperback alkaline paper |
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