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Author Robb Larkins, Erika, 1977- author.

Title The spectacular favela : violence in modern Brazil / Erika Robb Larkins.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series California series in public anthropology ; 32
California series in public anthropology ; 32.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The narco-traffic -- The penal state -- Favela, Inc. -- The tourists -- "Peace."
Summary "This book examines the political economy of violence in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Rocinha. Based on over two years of research and residence in the community, it offers an ethnographic account of how entangled forms of violence become essential forces shaping everyday social relations in the favela. The first part of the book shows how armed actors--drug traffickers and police--use spectacle to perform power. Yet despite the prevalence of physical violence, the favela has itself become a valuable global brand, consumed in disembodied fashion through media and in embodied fashion through tourism. Exploring media and favela tourism, the second part of the book demonstrates how the social relationships that arise from ongoing favela violence have a direct relationship to the market economy"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Violence -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
Violence -- Social aspects.
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
Violence.
Rocinha (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social conditions.
Violence -- Economic aspects -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
Violence -- Economic aspects.
Rocinha (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Robb Larkins, Erika, 1977- Spectacular favela 9780520282766 (DLC) 2015003806 (OCoLC)894745465
ISBN 9780520958692 (electronic book)
0520958691 (electronic book)
9780520282766
0520282760
9780520282773
0520282779

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