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Laughter out of place [electronic resource] : race, class, violence, and sexuality in a Rio shantytown / Donna M. Goldstein.

By: Goldstein, Donna M.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: California series in public anthropology: Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003Description: xxiii, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro | Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro | Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Humor | Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro | Violence -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro | Sex -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.5/68/098153 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Laughter out of place -- The aesthetics of domination -- Color-blind erotic democracies, black consciousness politics, and the black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna -- No time for childhood -- State terror, gangs, and everyday violence in Rio de Janeiro -- Partial truths, or, the carnivalization of desire -- What's so funny about rape?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Laughter out of place -- The aesthetics of domination -- Color-blind erotic democracies, black consciousness politics, and the black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna -- No time for childhood -- State terror, gangs, and everyday violence in Rio de Janeiro -- Partial truths, or, the carnivalization of desire -- What's so funny about rape?

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.