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Drawing on the author's experience in Brazil, this text provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas - a portrait that challenges much of what we think we know about the 'culture of poverty'. It helps us understand the nature of joking and laughter in the shantytown.Goldstein, Donna M. is the author of 'Laughter Out of Place Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown', published 2003 under ISBN 9780520235977 and ISBN 0520235975.
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