In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence
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In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence
By (Author) Javier Auyero
By (author) Mara Fernanda Berti
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th October 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Urban communities
Poverty and precarity
Sociology
303.60982
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
340g
Description
Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides--often involving young people--continue to skyrocket, and in the emergency room there, victims of shootings or knifings are an all-too-common sight. In Harm's Way takes a harrowing look at daily life in Arquitecto
Reviews
Winners of the 2016 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "An important ethnography that, with a focus on social relations and not on individuals, meaningfully advances our understandings of violence and the lives of impoverished dwellers. As with good books, this one also inspires reflection and questions, perhaps for future research."--Cecilia Menjivar, American Journal of Sociology
Author Bio
Javier Auyero is professor of Latin American sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Maria Fernanda Berti is an elementary school teacher in Buenos Aires.
