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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461631903321

Autore

Brown Lisa Beljuli

Titolo

Body parts on planet slum : women and telenovelas in Brazil / / Lisa Beljuli Brown [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-37702-0

9786613377029

0-85728-446-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 156 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Key Issues in Modern Sociology

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Poor women - Brazil - Social conditions

Slums - Brazil

Television soap operas - Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the cultural and gender dimensions of informal survivalism. It provides a fascinating insight into women’s use of soap operas to reconfigure suffering, pleasure, sexuality and embodiment.