10%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Lucia
Robert Gay
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Lucia
Paperback. One woman's experience as a drug gang member in an increasingly violent Rio de Janeiro. Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13. BIC Classification: JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Favelas, or shantytowns, are where cocaine is mainly sold in Rio de Janeiro. There are some six hundred favelas in the city, and most of them are controlled by well-organized and heavily armed drug gangs. The struggle for the massive profits from this drug trade has resulted in what are increasingly violent and deadly confrontations between rival drug gangs and a corrupt and brutal police force, that have transformed parts of the city into a war-zone. Lucia tells the story of one woman who was once intimately involved with drug gang life in Rio throughout the 1990s. Through a series ... Read more
Favelas, or shantytowns, are where cocaine is mainly sold in Rio de Janeiro. There are some six hundred favelas in the city, and most of them are controlled by well-organized and heavily armed drug gangs. The struggle for the massive profits from this drug trade has resulted in what are increasingly violent and deadly confrontations between rival drug gangs and a corrupt and brutal police force, that have transformed parts of the city into a war-zone. Lucia tells the story of one woman who was once intimately involved with drug gang life in Rio throughout the 1990s. Through a series ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Voices of Latin American Life Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592133390
SKU
V9781592133390
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Robert Gay
Robert Gay is Chair of the Department of Sociology at Connecticut College. He is the author of Popular Organization and Democracy in Rio De Janeiro: A Tale of Two Favelas (Temple).
Reviews for Lucia
"Rio de Janeiro is under siege. The poor communities and the favelas on the hills are submitted to a mix of terror and populism by the drug traffickers. The affluent classes live under fear of organized crime. Most of the police are involved in corruption and lethal violence. Despite this overwhelming presence, life in the favelas is not well known. ... Read more