Dangerous Encounters
Subtitle: Meanings of Violence in a Brazilian City
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: January 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780804725897
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Violence (Sociological Aspects); History - General History; Sociology; Central America; South America; Anthropology - General; General; Violence in Society; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: Intimacies of slavery, savageries of civilization: irony is a hallmark of Brazilian self-portraits.