City of God and Elite Squad: From Fatalistic Violence to Agency

dc.contributor.author	Nunes, Vanessa
dc.date	2013
dc.date.accessioned	2014-09-19T17:32:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-09-19T17:32:41Z
dc.date.issued	2014-09-19
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-894858-33-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10680/741
dc.description	Online resource, 14 pp., digital file.
dc.description.abstract	Brazilian favelas (slums)have become cityscapes of exclusion, with their precarious housing on unpaved pathways, overcrowded places stigmatized as shelter for the urban poor and for criminals. This paper analyzes how Brazilian favelas are depicted in two internationally known films: City of God (2002) and Elite Squad (2007). The works highlight a tension between fatalistic violence and agency which perpetuates stigma but have also become manifestos for social change.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Institute of Urban Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Student Paper Series;30
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Slums -- Brazil	en_US
dc.subject	Poverty -- Brazil	en_US
dc.subject	Motion pictures -- Brazil	en_US
dc.subject	Urban poor -- Brazil	en_US
dc.subject	Motion pictures -- Brazil -- Plots, themes, etc.	en_US
dc.title	City of God and Elite Squad: From Fatalistic Violence to Agency	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US