ISBN:
9780520282766
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9780520958692 (Sekundärausgabe)
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
253 p.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520958692
Ausgabe:
[Online-Ausg.]
Serie:
California Series in Public Anthropology v.32
DDC:
303.60981
Schlagwort(e):
Online-Publikation
Kurzfassung:
In Rio de Janeiro's favelas, traffickers assert power through conspicuous displays of wealth and force, brandishing high-powered guns, gold jewelry, and piles of cash and narcotics. Police, for their part, conduct raids reminiscent of action films or video games, wearing masks and riding in enormous armored cars called ""big skulls."" Images of these spectacles circulate constantly in local, national, and global media, masking everyday forms of violence, prejudice, and inequality. The Spectacular Favela offers a rich ethnographic examination of the political economy of spectacular violence in ...
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