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Squatting in Rio de Janeiro : Constructing Citizenship and Gender from Below / Bea Wittger.

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Wittger, Bea [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

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9783839435472

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HQ1236.5.B6 W58 2017eb

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and Historical Framework -- 3. Insights into the Squats -- 4. Doing Citizenship and Gender from Below -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography

Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2017Title is part of eBook package: transcript eBook Package English Contemporary 2016-2018Summary: The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.

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The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.

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In English.

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