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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kátia da Costa BezerraPublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.259kg ISBN: 9780823276554ISBN 10: 0823276554 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPostcards from Rio is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, `backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them. -- -Erika Robb Larkins * University of Oklahoma * Studying important cultural works that trace shifting socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns in Brazil in recent decades, da Costa Bezerra reveals the presence and importance of new sociocultural actors from Brazil's economically disenfranchised communities. A rare study that tackles the convergence between culture and human rights in present-day Brazil. -- -Leila Lehnen * University of New Mexico * Studying important cultural works that trace shifting socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns in Brazil in recent decades, da Costa Bezerra reveals the presence and importance of new sociocultural actors from Brazil's economically disenfranchised communities. A rare study that tackles the convergence between culture and human rights in present-day Brazil.----Leila Lehnen, University of New Mexico Postcards from Rio is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, 'backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them. ----Erika Robb Larkins, University of Oklahoma Postcards from Rio is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, 'backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them. -Erika Robb Larkins, University of Oklahoma Studying important cultural works that trace shifting socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns in Brazil in recent decades, da Costa Bezerra reveals the presence and importance of new sociocultural actors from Brazil's economically disenfranchised communities. A rare study that tackles the convergence between culture and human rights in present-day Brazil. -- -Leila Lehnen University of New Mexico Postcards from Rio is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, 'backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them. -- -Erika Robb Larkins University of Oklahoma <em>Postcards from Rio</em> is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, 'backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them. --Erika Robb Larkins, University of Oklahoma Studying important cultural works that trace shifting socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns in Brazil in recent decades, da Costa Bezerra reveals the presence and importance of new sociocultural actors from Brazil's economically disenfranchised communities. A rare study that tackles the convergence between culture and human rights in present-day Brazil. --Leila Lehnen, University of New Mexico ""Studying important cultural works that trace shifting socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns in Brazil in recent decades, da Costa Bezerra reveals the presence and importance of new sociocultural actors from Brazil's economically disenfranchised communities. A rare study that tackles the convergence between culture and human rights in present-day Brazil."" -- -Leila Lehnen University of New Mexico ""Postcards from Rio is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of scholarship on urban life in Rio. Da Costa Bezerra argues that favela-based cultural producers are engaging in forms of production that challenge the dominant narrative about favelas as violent, 'backward' places. By taking photographs and making films, murals, and fiction, they are both working against the hegemonic narratives of these communities and changing the internal imaginaries of what favelas are about for those who live in them."" -- -Erika Robb Larkins University of Oklahoma Author InformationKátia da Costa Bezerra, Ph.D., is Professor and associate head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. She has published in major journals and is a member of the Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World and The Rocky Mountain Review editorial boards. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |