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Autore |
Brown Lisa Beljuli |
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Titolo |
Body parts on planet slum : women and telenovelas in Brazil / / Lisa Beljuli Brown [[electronic resource]] |
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London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-37702-0 |
9786613377029 |
0-85728-446-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 156 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poor women - Brazil - Social conditions |
Slums - Brazil |
Television soap operas - Brazil |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1. Theodicy and Ideology: 'Everybody Needs an Ideology to Live' -- Chapter 2. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth; But in the Meantime They Shall Watch Telenovelas -- Chapter 3. Suffering Soaps; Fragmented Bodies -- Chapter 4. The Politics of the Vagina -- Chapter 5. The Redemptive Womb -- Chapter 6. The Invisible Back. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book focuses on the cultural and gender dimensions of informal survivalism. It provides a fascinating insight into womens use of soap operas to reconfigure suffering, pleasure, sexuality and embodiment. |
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