The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil - Erika Larkins
- In English. First published in 2015 (e-book).
The Spectacular Favela offers a rich ethnographic examination of the political economy of spectacular violence in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela. Based on more than two years of residence in the community, the book explores how entangled forms of violence shape everyday life and how that violence is, in turn, connected to the market economy.
-> One of those stunning books revealing all sides of the Favelas' world, of what one could get biaised through unpartial lectures and presentations. A must read for one with keen interest in understanding nowadays Brazil (beyond the World Cup and Olympics).
The Spectacular Favela offers a rich ethnographic examination of the political economy of spectacular violence in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela. Based on more than two years of residence in the community, the book explores how entangled forms of violence shape everyday life and how that violence is, in turn, connected to the market economy.
-> One of those stunning books revealing all sides of the Favelas' world, of what one could get biaised through unpartial lectures and presentations. A must read for one with keen interest in understanding nowadays Brazil (beyond the World Cup and Olympics).