Favela media activism : counterpublics for human rights in Brazil / Leonardo Custódio.

Author
Custódio, Leonardo, 1979- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    What explains the engagement of low-income young people in media initiatives for political mobilization and social change in everyday life? Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil responds to this question using an in-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary study about the trajectories in media activism among young residents of low-income and violence-ridden favelas in socially unequal Rio de Janeiro. Leonardo Custódio provides multifaceted analyses of how favela youth engage in individual and collective media activist initiatives despite social class constraints and neoliberal imperatives in their everyday life. This book details processes experienced by young favela residents while becoming individuals who act to challenge and change patterns of discrimination, governmental neglect and drug-related violence. It is an important resource for scholars interested in the nuances of political engagement among marginalized youth in today's world of hyper-connectivity, information abundance, and the persistence of racial and social inequalities. Book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.
    Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • The scholarly relevance of media activism by low-income youth
    • Ethnography as a local outsider : dilemmas and decisions in the research process
    • Luta : everyday life struggles in favelas
    • The meaning of favela media activism
    • Favela media activism and the formation of counterpublics
    • The relationship between NGO work and favela media activism
    • Agency, structure and interaction : elements that shape favela media activism
    • Nuances between coping and change : trajectories to favela media activism
    • Research outcomes : findings, lessons and interdisciplinary contributions
    • Afterword
    • Appendix 1: Details about NGO staff interviews
    • Appendix 2: Details about interviewees involved in media activism
    • Bibliography
    • About the author.
    ISBN
    • 9781498529990 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1498529992
    LCCN
    2017023895
    OCLC
    987797039
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