Lucia: Testimonies Of A Brazilian (Voices Of Latin American Life)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592133398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book tells the story of Lucia, a poor Brazilian woman who was intimately involved with drug gang life in Rio throughout the 1990s. Through a series of conversations with the author, Lucia tells us, in her own words, what it is like to endure conditions of poverty, violence, and injustice that are simply unimaginable. The struggle for control of the massive profits from the 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. And, in doing so, she sheds light on why women like her become involved with drugs and gangs.. In Rio de Janeiro, the selling points for cocaine are located in the city's six hundred or so shantytowns or favelas that are controlled by well-organized and heavily armed drug gangs
In this outstanding book we are able to hear, through Lucia, the voice of those brave (and neglected) survivors."-Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Senior Researcher, Center for the Study of Violence, University of Sao Paulo, and former Secretary of State for Human Rights, Brazil "Lucia is an outstanding book. Despite this overwhelming presence, life in the favelas is not well known. Favrot Professor of Human Relations, Tulane University "If you can no longer recall the stomach-churning depictions of Rio de Janeiro favelas from the 2002 film City of God, this true account of one mujer's life in the Brazilian underworld-trying to survive local
I needed this book for a class and I wish it were a paperback So I bought this book for a sociology class that I am currently taking; The actual cover of the book doesn't look thisumwell anyway. The hardcover edition (which I bought) is actually a very plain brown "leather-like" cover and too be honest, actually quite nice. It really is a shame that I have to underline/flag pages of this thing and even more uhridiculous is that for such an elegant cover, this book in my opinion is not very good. This is an interesting read and a very, very, short read a