Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro by Lorraine Leu

Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro

Pitt Illuminations

Lorraine Leu

238 pages missing pub info (editions)

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Defiant Geographies examines the destruction of a poor community in the center of Rio de Janeiro to make way for Brazil's first international mega-event. As the country celebrated the centenary of its independence, its postabolition whitening ideo...

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