Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment

By João Biehl

Book Overview

Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities--places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520242785
• ISBN13: 9780520242784
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"