Defiant geographies : race & urban space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro /

"Defiant Geographies examines the destruction of a poor community in the center of Rio de Janeiro to make way for Brazil's first international mega-event. As the country celebrated the centenary of its independence, its postabolition whitening ideology took on material form in the urban de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leu, Lorraine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Colección:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Temas:
1900-1999
City planning > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Urban poor > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > 20th century.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Brésil > Rio de Janeiro > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
City planning
Social conditions
Urban poor
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Social conditions.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Urbanization
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Visuality
  • Alternative Geographies and Spatial Practices
  • Eradicating Blackness from the Ideal City
  • Epilogue: Mega-events, Ruination, and the Politics of Staying Put.

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