03965nam 2200853 450 991082272940332120230428223233.00-520-95146-810.1525/9780520951464(CKB)2550000001125898(EBL)1433262(SSID)ssj0001170588(PQKBManifestationID)11609847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170588(PQKBWorkID)11170407(PQKB)11163322(MiAaPQ)EBC1433262(DE-B1597)518971(OCoLC)867926152(DE-B1597)9780520951464(Au-PeEL)EBL1433262(CaPaEBR)ebr10773728(CaONFJC)MIL526539(EXLCZ)99255000000112589820131018h20132005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVita life in a zone of social abandonment /João Biehl ; photographs by Torben Eskerod ; updated with a new foreword and photo essayBerkeley :University of California Press,[2013]©20051 online resource (457 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27295-1 1-299-95288-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.part one. Vita -- part two. Catarina and the alphabet -- part three. The medical archive -- part four. The family -- part five. Biology and ethics -- part six. The dictionary.Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities-places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist João Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the "dictionary" she is compiling; and to trace the complex network of family, medicine, state, and economy in which her abandonment and pathology took form.An instant classic, Vita has been widely acclaimed for its bold fieldwork, theoretical innovation, and literary force. Reflecting on how Catarina's life story continues, this updated edition offers the reader a powerful new afterword and gripping new photographs following Biehl and Eskerod's return to Vita. Anthropology at its finest, Vita is essential reading for anyone who is grappling with how to understand the conditions of life, thought, and ethics in the contemporary world.Institutional careBrazilPorto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)Marginality, SocialBrazilPorto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)anthropology and social theory.anthropology students.brazilian culture.brazilian economy.brazilian ethnography.brazilian health care.cultural anthropology.ethics and morality.healthcare and poverty.international health care.international mental health.international studies.latin american culture.latin american healthcare.medical anthropology.mental illness.social services and welfare.south american anthropology.south american culture.south american ethnography.south american mental health.Institutional careMarginality, Social452Biehl João Guilherme1053793MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822729403321Vita3943768UNINA