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Voices from the Favelas

Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below

By: Fernanda Amaral

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Voices from the Favelas

Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below

By: Fernanda Amaral

The 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. Voices from the Favelas 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?

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538147440

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9781538147443

The Aesthetic Clinic

Feminine Sublimation in Contemporary Writing, Psychoanalysis, and Art

By: Fernanda Negrete

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The Aesthetic Clinic

Feminine Sublimation in Contemporary Writing, Psychoanalysis, and Art

By: Fernanda Negrete

In The Aesthetic Clinic, Fernanda Negrete brings together contemporary women writers and artists well known for their formal experimentation—Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Lygia Clark, Marguerite Duras, Roni Horn, and Clarice Lispector—to argue that the aesthetic experiences afforded by their work are underwritten by a tenacious and uniquely feminine ethics of desire. To elaborate this ethics, Negrete looks to notions of sublimation and feminine sexuality developed by Freud, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Nietzsche, and their reinvention with and after Jacques Lacan, including in the schizoanalysis of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. But she also highlights how psychoanalytic theory draws on writing and other creative practices to conceive of unconscious processes and the transformation sought through analysis. Thus, the "aesthetic clinic" of the book's title (a term Negrete adopts from Deleuze) is not an applied psychoanalysis or schizoanalysis. Rather, The Aesthetic Clinic privileges the call and constraints issued by each woman's individual work. Engaging an artwork here is less about retrieving a hidden meaning through interpretation than about receiving a precise transmission of sensation, a jouissance irreducible to meaning. Not only do art and literature serve an urgent clinical function in Negrete's reading but sublimation itself requires an embrace of femininity.

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348

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State University of New York Press

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1438480229

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9781438480220

A Ditadura Militar e a Governança da Água no Brasil (The Military Dictatorship and Water Governance in Brazil)

Ideologia, Poderes Político-Econômico e Sociedade Civil na Construção das Hidrelétricas de Grande Porte (The Role of Ideology, Political-Economic Power and Civil Society in the Construction of Large Hydropower Dams)

By: Fernanda de Souza Braga

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A Ditadura Militar e a Governança da Água no Brasil (The Military Dictatorship and Water Governance in Brazil)

By: Fernanda de Souza Braga

In recent decades there has been an exponential increase in large hydroelectric plants in Brazil, especially in the Amazon region. These large hydraulic structures impact the environment and the lives of people living in the places where they settle and require a special type of water governance. The dictatorial regime (1964-1985) created a "standard" for the construction of these great structures, through an institutional and legal framework, which benefited the Brazilian business elite but also, through the creation of a popular imagination, which shows itself lasting progress on the country's progress and development. The suspension of security, the fragility of institutional environmental structures, the disrespect for indigenous reserves, the lack of clarity about the concept of "affected population" and the non-payment of fair compensation were identified as one of the main challenges for a democratic water governance in the country. In the late 1970s, the Dam-Affected Movement (MAB) began its organization and is also studied in this research. The study is an important and insightful academic contribution to the understanding of the main bottlenecks of effective water governance in Brazil.

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231

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CRC Press

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100007174X

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9781000071740

The End

By: Fernanda Torres

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The End

By: Fernanda Torres

The End centers on five friends in Rio de Janeiro who, nearing the end of their lives, are left with memories—of parties, marriages, divorces, fixations, inhibitions, bad decisions—and the physical indignities of aging. Alvaro lives alone and spends his time going from doctor to doctor and bemoaning the evils of his ex-wife. Silvio is a junkie who can’t give up the excesses of sex and drugs even in his old age. Ribeiro is an athletic beach bum enjoying a prolonged sex life thanks to Viagra. Neto is the square member of the group, a faithful husband until his last days. And Ciro is the Don Juan envied by all—but the first to die, struck down by cancer. For all of them, successful careers, personal revelations, and Zen serenity are out of the question, blocked by a seemingly insurmountable wall of frustrations. Orbiting around them are a priest questioning his vocation and a cast of complicated women, neglected and embattled by these self-involved men. Edgy and wise, this tragicomic debut delves into taboo subjects—death, infidelity, impotence, the difficulties of marriage—with unsentimental honesty, and brings Rio and these characters to life in full color.

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Restless Books

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1632061228

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9781632061225

The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book

Learn Basic Brazilian Portuguese Phrases - For Any Situation!

By: Fernanda Ferreira

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The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book

Learn Basic Brazilian Portuguese Phrases - For Any Situation!

By: Fernanda Ferreira

This pocket guide is packed with everything you'll need to understand-- and be understood by-- Brazilian-Portuguese speakers. Conveniently organized by subject and situation, it is the ultimate phrase guide for travel, business, and more.

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288

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Simon and Schuster

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1440555273

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9781440555275

Brazil

By: Anton Jakob,Fernanda Cordoeiro,Claus Jäke

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Brazil

By: Anton Jakob,Fernanda Cordoeiro,Claus Jäke

Illustrated throughout, this guide presents information and advice on history, culture, accommodation, local cuisine, times to visit, language tips and health and safety advice of the area.

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260

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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3886180530

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The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Portuguese in No Time

By: Fernanda Ferreira

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The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Portuguese in No Time

By: Fernanda Ferreira

Brazilian Portuguese made easy--and fun! The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book makes Brazilian Portuguese a breeze to learn! Author Fernanda L. Ferreira, Ph.D., provides you with step-by-step instruction in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Learn how to: Understand Portuguese grammar Improve pronunciation Ask questions in Portuguese Have basic conversations when traveling, dining out, conducting business, and shopping Packed with dialogue examples, self-tests, and English-to-Portuguese and Portuguese-to-English dictionaries, The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book will have you speaking--and understanding--Portuguese in no time.

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320

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Simon and Schuster

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1605502545

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9781605502540

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition

Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Brazilian Portuguese in No Time

By: Fernanda Ferreira

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The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition

Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Brazilian Portuguese in No Time

By: Fernanda Ferreira

Discover just how easy it is to learn Brazilian Portuguese with this updated edition of The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book with new online audio so you can quickly access the pronunciation guide and exercises while you’re reading. The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition makes Brazilian Portuguese a breeze to learn. Whether you are interested in the area or are adding a valuable second language to your resume, you’ll learn how to: -Understand Portuguese grammar -Improve pronunciation -Ask basic questions in Portuguese -Have basic conversations when traveling, dining out, conduction business, and shopping -And so much more This helpful guide includes links to online audio pronunciation guides, vocabulary lists, and interactive exercises. Packed with dialogue examples, self-tests, and English-to-Portuguese and Portuguese-to-English dictionaries, The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition will have you speaking—and understanding—Portuguese in no time.

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Simon and Schuster

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1507223153

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9781507223154

Voices from the Favelas

Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below

By: Fernanda Amaral

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Media Activism and Counter-Narratives from Below

By: Fernanda Amaral

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Voices from the Favelas

Voices from the Favelas

The Aesthetic Clinic

The Aesthetic Clinic

A Ditadura Militar e a Governança da Água no Brasil (The Military Dictatorship and Water Governance in Brazil)

A Ditadura Militar e a Governança da Água no Brasil (The Military Dictatorship and Water Governance in Brazil)

The End

The End

The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book

The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book

Brazil

Brazil

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book, 2nd Edition

Voices from the Favelas

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