Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment

by João Biehl

Book Overview

Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities--places 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 Jo o Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272951
• ISBN13: 9780520272958
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"