Body parts on planet slum : women and telenovelas in Brazil / / Lisa Beljuli Brown [[electronic resource]]
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxv, 156 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poor women - Brazil - Social conditions |
| Slums - Brazil | |
| Television soap operas - Brazil | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Body parts on planet slum |
| ISBN: | 1-283-37702-0 |
| 9786613377029 | |
| 0-85728-446-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461631903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Key Issues in Modern Sociology