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Laughter Out of Place : Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown

Part of the California Series in Public Anthropology series
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Drawing on the author's experience in Brazil, this text provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas - a portrait that challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty".

It helps us understand the nature of joking and laughter in the shantytown.

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0520235975 / 9780520235977
Paperback
11/11/2003
United States
English
xxiii, 349 p. : ill.
23 cm
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