Death without weeping : the violence of everyday life in Brazil

Death without weeping : the violence of everyday life in Brazil / Nancy Scheper-Hughes.

"When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When people are assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the celebrated parched lands of Northeast Brazil, Death Without Weeping is a luminously written, "womanly hearted" account o...

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Main Author: Scheper-Hughes, Nancy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1993, ©1992.
Subjects:
Poor women > Brazil, Northeast.
Mother and infant > Brazil, Northeast.
Infants > Brazil, Northeast > Death.
Violence > Brazil, Northeast.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Infants > Death
Manners and customs
Mother and infant
Poor women
Social conditions
Violence
Armoede.
Krottenwijken.
Dagelijks leven.
Vrouwen.
Kinderen.
Brazil, Northeast > Social conditions.
Brazil, Northeast > Social life and customs.
Northeast Brazil
Noordoost-Brazilië.
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