Books about Brazilian Favelas

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O Cortiço
Aluísio Azevedo

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

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Brazil
John Updike

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Child of the Dark
Carolina Maria de Jesus

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The myth of marginality
Janice E. Perlman

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City of God
Paulo Lins

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Bitita's diary
Carolina Maria de Jesus

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Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Carolina Maria de Jesus

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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio
Misha Glenny

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Heliopolis
James Scudamore

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Ancient Tillage
Raduan Nassar

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A death in Brazil
Peter Robb

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Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro
Enrique Desmond Arias

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Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil
Leonardo Custódio

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The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil
Erika Robb Larkins

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Brazillionaires: Chasing Dreams of Wealth in an American Country
Alex Cuadros

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Inside the Favelas: Rio de Janeiro
Roberto J. Canallero

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Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer
Robert Gay

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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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