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Squatting in Rio de Janeiro : Constructing Citizenship and Gender from Below / Bea Wittger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wittger, Bea, author.
- Series:
- Urban Studies.
- Urban Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 pages).
- Edition:
- 1 edition.
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 41c40975-bd58-4511-b3ef-e5a2022bdfb1
- ISBN:
- 9783839435472
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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