Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil

by Leonardo Custaodio and Leonardo Custódio

This book is an in-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary study about how young people engage in media activism in impoverished and violence-ridden favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It analyzes uses of media and mobilization for struggles for human rights and social change in contexts of racial and social inequalities and discrimination.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498529992
• ISBN13: 9781498529990
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 6.3"