Laughter Out of Place
Race, Class, Violence, And Sexuality In A Rio Shantytown - With A New Preface
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Presents a critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the culture of poverty. In this title, the author provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, who cope with unbearable suffering, violence and social abandonment.