Vita by Joo Biehl

Vita by Joo Biehl

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Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities - places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This title centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita.

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Vita by Joo Biehl

Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities - places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This title centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita.
Joao Biehl is Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His website is www.joaobiehl.net. Torben Eskerod is an artist and works as a freelance photographer in Copenhagen.
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ISBN 13 9780520272958
ISBN 10 0520272951
Title Vita
Author João Biehl
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2013-10-12
Number of pages 456
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.