{"product_id":"voices-from-the-favelas-fernanda-amaral-9781538147436","title":"Voices from the Favelas: Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mainstream media in Brazil portrays favelas (unregulated low-income neighbourhoods) in a negative light. This has been the case since their emergence over a century ago. \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Favelas\u003c\/i\u003e navigates through the contemporary representation of the favelas in the established media, discussing how this partial representation impacts issues of identity and social segregation, the legitimation of structural violence in those sites, and providing an account of the recent emergence of digital social networks as \"counterpublics\". In order to understand the struggle against the characterisation of the favela as a site dominated by violence (a framework which has been disseminated on a global scale and accepted as the norm), this book will take its readers inside the mindset of the favela media activists, examining the production of information and the organisation of the residents as they resist and challenge the status quo. Are the activists able to counteract the official narrative in the struggles against misrepresentation and social invisibility, or is the mainstream version of the favela still strong enough to help in the legitimation of the institutionalised violence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernanda Amaral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538147432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538147436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Fernanda Amaral","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990968074495,"sku":"9781538147436","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63541595-42a0-4901-b01b-ae452b3a75a7.jpg?v=1683307692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-from-the-favelas-fernanda-amaral-9781538147436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}