Voicing the Violence of Favelas

Voicing the Violence of Favelas

This project analyzes three examples of testimonial literature written by favela residents in Brazil to demonstrate the extent to which these accounts contest or confirm the popular news media's violent representation of favelas and their inhabitants. The literary works Quatrocentos contra um:...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kershisnik, Berkeley A.
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2013
Subjects:
favela
testimonial literature
violence
military
drug trafficking
William da Silva Lima
Ferréz
Notícias de uma guerra particular
Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3612
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4611&context=etd

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https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3612
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4611&context=etd

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