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OverviewTeresa Caldeira's pioneering study of fear, crime, and segregation in São Paulo poses essential questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary democratic societies. Focusing on São Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, she identifies new patterns of segregation developing in these cities and suggests that these patterns are appearing in many metropolises. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Teresa P. R. CaldeiraPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9780520221437ISBN 10: 0520221435 Pages: 504 Publication Date: 01 April 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is an extraordinary treatment of a difficult problem.... Much more than a conventional comparative study, City of Walls is a genuinely transcultural, transnational work. - George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin Caldeira's work is wonderfully ambitious - theoretically bold, ethnographically rich, historically specific. Anyone who cares about the condition and future of cities, of democracy, of human rights, should read this book. - Thomas Bender, Director of the Project on Cities and Urban Knowledges City of Walls is a brilliant analysis of the dynamics of urban fear. The sophistication of Caldeira's arguments should stimulate new discussion of cities and urban life. Its significance goes far beyond the borders of Brazil. - Margaret Crawford, Harvard University ""This is an extraordinary treatment of a difficult problem.... Much more than a conventional comparative study, City of Walls is a genuinely transcultural, transnational work."" - George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin ""Caldeira's work is wonderfully ambitious - theoretically bold, ethnographically rich, historically specific. Anyone who cares about the condition and future of cities, of democracy, of human rights, should read this book."" - Thomas Bender, Director of the Project on Cities and Urban Knowledges ""City of Walls is a brilliant analysis of the dynamics of urban fear. The sophistication of Caldeira's arguments should stimulate new discussion of cities and urban life. Its significance goes far beyond the borders of Brazil."" - Margaret Crawford, Harvard University"" """This is an extraordinary treatment of a difficult problem.... Much more than a conventional comparative study, City of Walls is a genuinely transcultural, transnational work."" - George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin ""Caldeira's work is wonderfully ambitious - theoretically bold, ethnographically rich, historically specific. Anyone who cares about the condition and future of cities, of democracy, of human rights, should read this book."" - Thomas Bender, Director of the Project on Cities and Urban Knowledges ""City of Walls is a brilliant analysis of the dynamics of urban fear. The sophistication of Caldeira's arguments should stimulate new discussion of cities and urban life. Its significance goes far beyond the borders of Brazil."" - Margaret Crawford, Harvard University""" Author InformationTeresa P. R. Caldeira is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. She has been a professor of anthropology at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a senior researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) in Sao Paulo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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