Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil

by Karina Biondi

Book Overview

The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a Sao Paulo prison gang that since the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network in Brazil. Karina Biondi's rich ethnography of the PCC is uniquely informed by her insider-outsider status. Prior to his acquittal, Biondi's husband was incarcerated in a PCC-dominated prison for several years. During the period of Biondi's intense and intimate visits with her husband and her extensive fieldwork...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469623404
• ISBN13: 9781469623405
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"