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Daniel Touro Linger - Dangerous Encounters - 9780804719261 - V9780804719261
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Dangerous Encounters

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Description for Dangerous Encounters Hardback. This work examines violence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, looking at two conceptually linked forms of perilous face-to-fact encounters: Carnival, a bacchanalian festival, and briga, a potentially lethal street confrontation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 631.

A Stanford University Press classic.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804719261
SKU
V9780804719261
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Dangerous Encounters
"Linger's book is a rare and exceptionally worthwhile treatment of the role played by violence in the lives of ordinary Brazilians. . . . Engagingly written, handsomely printed, with excellent photographs . . . and richly illustrated with several dozen interview statements that attain a life of their own, the book provides an indispensable analysis of the unwritten rules of ... Read more

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