Laughter out of place : race, class, violence, and sexuality in a Rio shantytown / Donna M. Goldstein.

Author: Goldstein, Donna M.

Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Descriptionxxiii, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: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?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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