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Rutgers University Press Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela: Urban Violence and Daily Life

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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 beyond these perspectives to look at how the people of Caxambu themselves experience violence.Although the favela is often seen as a war zone, the residents are linked to each other through bonds of kinship and friendship. In addition, residents often take pride in homes and public spaces that they have built and used over generations. Penglase notes that despite poverty, their lives are not completely defined by illegal violence or deprivation. He argues that urban violence and a larger context of inequality create a social world that is deeply contradictory and ambivalent. The unpredictability and instability of daily experiences result in disagreements and tensions, but the residents also experience their neighborhood as a place of social intimacy. As a result, the social world of the neighborhood is both a place of danger and safety. Review "Penglase's is the...standard anthropological account, focused primarily on residents' daily routines and infused with the same moral and ethical reflections about conducting ethnographic research in a context of violence."-- "Latin American Research Review""Living with Insecurity in a Brazilian Favela is a worthy addition to an ever-expanding ethnographic literature on life and death in Rio de Janeiro's famous shantytowns... This is a book that students of urbanization, informality, and violence in Brazil (and elsewhere) will value for its ethnographic richness and vigorous analysis."-- "Luso-Brazilian Review""Penglase draws the reader's gaze toward dimensions of urban violence often eclipsed by accounts of dramatic events. In doing so, he crafts a compelling ethnography that will surely become required reading for students and scholars interested in violence, urban space, and contemporary Latin America."-- "American Anthropologist""This is a vibrant and engaging book that provides valuable insights on violence, social exclusion, and daily life on the urban margins in Brazil and elsewhere."--Daniel M. Goldstein "author of Outlawed: Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City" About the Author R. Ben Penglase is an associate professor of anthropology and Latin American studies at Loyola University, Chicago.

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Brand: Rutgers University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0813565448
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 September 2014
Listed Since: 24 April 2014

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