| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- The scholarly relevance of media activism by low-income youth -- Ethnography as a local outsider : dilemmas and decisions in the research process -- Luta : everyday life struggles in favelas -- The meaning of favela media activism -- Favela media activism and the formation of counterpublics -- The relationship between NGO work and favela media activism -- Agency, structure and interaction : elements that shape favela media activism -- Nuances between coping and change : trajectories to favela media activism -- Research outcomes : findings, lessons and interdisciplinary contributions -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Details about NGO staff interviews -- Appendix 2: Details about interviewees involved in media activism -- Bibliography -- About the author. |
| Summary |
This book is an in-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary study about how young people engage in media activism in impoverished and violence-ridden favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It analyzes uses of media and mobilization for struggles for human rights and social change in contexts of racial and social inequalities and discrimination. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights movements -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Children -- Political activity -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Social conditions.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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Children -- Political activity. |
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Human rights movements. |
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Slums. |
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Social conditions. |
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Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Custódio, Leonardo, 1979- author. Favela media activism Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498529990 (DLC) 2017023895 |
| ISBN |
9781498530002 (Electronic) |
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1498530001 |
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9781498529990 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1498529992 |
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