The Street Is Ours: Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro

by Shawn William Miller

Book Overview

The streets of Rio de Janeiro have long been characterized as exuberant and exotic places for social commerce, political expression, and the production and dissemination of culture. The Street is Ours examines the changing uses and meanings of Rio de Janeiro's streets and argues that the automobile, by literally occupying much of the street's space and by introducing death and injury on a new scale, significantly transformed the public commons. Once...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108426972
• ISBN13: 9781108426978
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"