ISBN:
9780691164779
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (261 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Paralleltitel:
Print version In Harm's Way : The Dynamics of Urban Violence
DDC:
303.609173/2098212
Schlagwort(e):
Urban violence -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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Urban poor -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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Marginality, Social -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides-often involving young people-continue to skyrocket, and in the emergency room there, victims of shootings or knifings are an all-too-common sight. In Harm's Way takes a harrowing look at daily life in Arquitecto Tucci, examining the sources, uses, and forms of interpersonal violence among the urban poor at the very margins of Argentine society. Drawing on more than two years of immersive fieldwork, sociologist Javier Auyero and María Berti, an elementary sch
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: EL BARRIO AND LA FERIA: DAILY LIFE AT THE URBAN MARGINS ; CHAPTER 2: BORN AMID BULLETS: CONCATENATED VIOLENCE(S) ; CHAPTER 3: THE STATE AT THE MARGINS ; CHAPTER 4: ETHICS AND POLITICS AMID VIOLENCE ; CONCLUSION: TOWARD A POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF URBAN MARGINALITY ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Anmerkung:
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400865888
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