Books about Brazil Favelas

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Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro
Janice E. Perlman

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O Cortiço
Aluísio Azevedo

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Brazil
John Updike

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The myth of marginality
Janice E. Perlman

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Child of the Dark
Carolina Maria de Jesus

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City of God
Paulo Lins

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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio
Misha Glenny

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Bitita's diary
Carolina Maria de Jesus

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Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro
Enrique Desmond Arias

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The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil
Erika Robb Larkins

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Inside the Favelas: Rio de Janeiro
Roberto J. Canallero

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Heliopolis
James Scudamore

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Ancient Tillage
Raduan Nassar

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Samba
Alma Guillermoprieto

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Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown
Donna M. Goldstein

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At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil
Tobias Hecht

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Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed
Larry Rohter

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The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections
Eliane Brum

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The Brazilian sound
Chris McGowan

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Brasyl
Ian McDonald

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