Laughter out of place : race, class, violence, and sexuality in a Rio shantytown - Goldstein, Donna M. (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003)
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?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Humor; Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Violence -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Sex -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Race relations