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dc.contributor.advisorKoonings, Kees
dc.contributor.authorPol, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24T18:00:17Z
dc.date.available2010-02-24
dc.date.available2010-02-24T18:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/4322
dc.description.abstractRio de Janeiro forms an emblematic case of endemic urban violence. Gangs of drugs traffickers, police forces, death squads, militias, vigilante groups, private security organizations and some individual citizens, mark the cities violent fabric. The widespread violence, and the fear and insecurity it generates, shape the daily lives of the citizens. Rio de Janeiro, also known as ‘divided city’, is furthermore characterized by high levels of inequality and social exclusion. Different social groups are therefore related to armed actors in a different way and have different recourses to protect themselves against them. This study analyses how people perceive and deal with urban violence, within the context of the mutual relationship between the neighboring residents of a favela and a middle class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Further, the question whether the residents interact or deal with each other in order to cope with violence, is explored. Based on ethnographic fieldwork I argue how perceptions about violence and insecurity, and strategies to deal with it, are structured by the way the residents of these neighborhoods relate to each other. I therefore build upon notions about urban violence, fear and insecurity, Othering and coping strategies.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleCoping with Violence in Brazil: Violence, fear and ‘the Other’ in Rio de Janeiro
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsRio de Janeiro
dc.subject.keywordsurban violence
dc.subject.keywordsfear and insecurity
dc.subject.keywordsOthering
dc.subject.keywordscoping strategies
dc.subject.keywordssocial boundaries
dc.subject.courseuuLatin American and Caribbean Studies


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