{"product_id":"laughter-out-of-place-9780520276048","title":"Laughter Out of Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the \"culture of poverty\". In this title, the author provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, who cope with unbearable suffering, violence and social abandonment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Foreword   Preface to the 2013 Edition   Acknowledgments    Introduction: Hard Laughter   1. Laughter \"Out of Place\"   2. The Aesthetics of Domination: Class, Culture, and the Lives of Domestic Workers   3. Color-Blind Erotic Democracies, Black Consciousness Politics, and the Black Cinderellas of Felicidade Eterna   4. No Time for Childhood   5. State Terror, Gangs, and Everyday Violence in Rio de Janeiro   6. Partial Truths, or the Carnivalization of Desire   7. What's So Funny about Rape?    Notes   Glossary   References   Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402862436695,"sku":"9780520276048","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520276048.jpg?v=1730481712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/laughter-out-of-place-9780520276048","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}