Favela

Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro

Janice Perlman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2011
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780199836833 (ISBN)

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A revealing study of the giant squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro and of the vibrant communities of migrants who have risked everything to come to the city to provide more opportunities for their children, Favela offers a powerful look at one of the great challenges facing the modern world.

Janice Perlman wrote the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, a book hailed as one of the most important works in global urban studies in the last 30 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom she had first met in 1969--as well as their children and grandchildren--Perlman offers the only long-term perspective available on the favelados as they struggle for a better life. Perlman discovers that while educational levels have risen, democracy has replaced dictatorship, and material conditions have improved, many residents feel more marginalized than ever. The greatest change is the explosion of drug and arms trade and the high incidence of fatal violence that has resulted. Yet the greatest challenge of all is job creation--decent work for decent pay. If unemployment and under-paid employment are not addressed, she argues, all other efforts will fail to resolve the fundamental issues. Foreign Affairs praised Perlman for writing "with compassion, artistry, and intelligence, using stirring personal stories to illustrate larger points substantiated with statistical analysis."

Janice Perlman is President and Founder of the Mega-Cities Project. She is also the author of The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, which won the C. Wright Mills Award. She lives in Nyack, New York.

Preface ; 1: Deep Roots in Shallow Soil ; 2: Favela Chic, Favela Chique ; 3: Returning to Rio ; Four Decades, Three Communities ; 4: Catacumba ; 5: Nova Brasilia ; 6: Duque de Caxias: 3 favelas, 5 loteamentos ; 7: The World Goes to the City ; 8: The Metamorphosis of Marginality ; 9: The Meanings of Mobility ; 10: Disillusionment with Democracy

Zusatzinfo	5 b/w illus., 92 b/w halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	658 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780199836833 / 9780199836833
Zustand	Neuware