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Laughter Out of Place

Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown

Laughter Out of Place( )
Author: Goldstein, Donna M.
Series title:California Series in Public Anthropology Ser.
ISBN:978-0-520-23597-7
Publication Date:Nov 2003
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $33.95
Book Description:

Donna M. Goldstein challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty." Drawing on more than a decade of experience in Brazil, Goldstein provides an intimate portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns. These women have created absurdist and black-humor storytelling practices in the face of trauma and tragedy. Goldstein helps us to understand that such joking and laughter is part of an emotional aesthetic that defines the...
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Book Details
Pages:378
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:1.05 Pounds



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