Laughter Out of Place
Subtitle: Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown (Public Anthropology, 9)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780520235960
Subjects: Anthropology; Poverty; Women's studies; Sociology; Marginality, Social; Gender Studies; Social Science; Brazil; Minority Studies - General; Latin America - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Ethnic Studies - General; Anthropology - General; Humor; Poor; Rio de Janeiro
First sentence: When I returned to Felicidade Eterna in May 1995, after having been away for almost three years, I arrived at Gloria's shack unannounced, hoping to surprise her and her family.