The Entangled City
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This book tells the story of the 'world of crime' in Sao Paulo. In so doing, it presents a new framework to understand urban conflict in many other contexts. -- .
Gabriel Feltran Books
This sociologist's work critically examines the interplay of politics and violence in urban peripheries. Through meticulous fieldwork, they explore the complex dynamics between social movements, state power, and the lived realities of marginalized communities. Their research offers profound insights into the systemic issues shaping contemporary metropolitan life. The author's approach highlights the intricate mechanisms of power and resistance within these contested spaces.
Stolen Cars
- 301 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Stolen Cars is an innovative ethnography of urban inequalities and violence in São Paulo, Brazil. Organized around the journeys of five stolen cars, each chapter discusses a specific theme, such as the distinctions between violent robbery and the more commercial non-violent theft or the role of national borders interconnecting illegal and legal economies Provides an original theoretical framework for a rarely studied urban and transnational supply chain Draws from empirical data and a combination of different methodologies to demonstrate mechanisms of urban inequalities and violence reproduction Highlights how everyday life is entangled with structural urban transformations Uses an ethnographic narrative to show how urban development produce various forms of illegality and violent crime