Laughter out of place : race, class, violence, and sexuality in a Rio shantytown /
Donna M. Goldstein.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
- xxiii, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- California series in public anthropology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Laughter out of place -- The aesthetics of domination -- Color-blind erotic democracies, black consciousness politics, and the black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna -- No time for childhood -- State terror, gangs, and everyday violence in Rio de Janeiro -- Partial truths, or, the carnivalization of desire -- What's so funny about rape?
Marginality, Social--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Poor--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Poor--Humor.--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Violence--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Sex--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.