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Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
João Biehl
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| #345821 in Books | 2005-06-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .94 x6.04 x9.06l,1.66 | File type: PDF | 404 pages||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Between Art and Ethnography|By Etienne RP|Haunting. Arresting. Inspiring. These are some of the adjectives that come to mind to characterize João Biehl's Vita : Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment. These words are usually used in the context of a work of art or a fiction. And indeed, as other reviewers have noted, Vita reads like a novel, and it presents itself like an|From the Inside Flap|
"João Biehl's Vita is a greatly arresting work. The tale of Catarina is one that haunts the reader. This book's central character is sure to become an anthropological classic, her humanity reaffirmed by the author."—
Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil’s big citiesplaces like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist João Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment | João Biehl. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
