Gendered Urban Violence Among Brazilians: Painful Truths from Rio de Janeiro and London

by Cathy McIlwaine

This book aims to examine the nature of and resistance to gendered urban violence among Brazilian women in London and in the favelas of Mar , Rio de Janeiro. Drawing on the conceptualisation of translocational gendered urban violence framework, it highlights the importance of examining direct forms of gender-based violence across private, public and transnational spheres as interlinked with structural, symbolic and infrastructural violence. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526175649
• ISBN13: 9781526175649
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"