Favela : Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro
Janice. Perlman
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (445 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Deep Roots in Shallow Soil; CHAPTER 2 The World Goes to the City; CHAPTER 3 Catacumba: The Favela That Was; CHAPTER 4 Nova Brasilia: From Favela to Complexo; CHAPTER 5 Duque de Caxias: Favelas and Loteamentos; CHAPTER 6 Marginality from Myth to Reality; CHAPTER 7 Violence, Fear, and Loss; CHAPTER 8 Disillusion with Democracy; CHAPTER 9 The Mystery of Mobility; CHAPTER 10 Globalization and the Grassroots; CHAPTER 11 Reflections on Public Policy; CHAPTER 12 The Importance of Being Gente. - APPENDIX 1 Research Methods and ChallengesAPPENDIX 2 Analytical Framework for Assessing Success; Notes; References; Index. - A billion people, almost half of all city dwellers in the developing world, live in squatter settlements. The most famous of these settlements are the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, which have existed for over a century and continue to outpace the rest of the city in growth. Janice Perlman's award-winning The Myth of Marginality was the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, and it is considered one of the most important books in global urban studies in the last 40 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom
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| ISBN | 9780195368369
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