Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil
Lanham: Lexington Books (2017), 227 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 205-222, index
ISBN 978-1-4985-2999-0
"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." (Publisher description)
1 The Scholarly Relevance of Media Activism by Low-Income Youth, 1
2 Ethnography as a Local Outsider: Dilemmas and Decisions in the Research Process, 17
3 Luta: Everyday Life Struggles in Favelas, 35
4 The Meaning of Favela Media Activism, 57
5 Favela Media Activism and the Formation of Counterpublics, 77
6 The Relationship between NGO Work and Favela Media Activism, 109
7 Agency, Structure, and Interaction: Elements that Shape Favela Media Activism, 133
8 Nuances between Coping and Change: Trajectories to Favela Media Activism, 151
9 Research Outcomes: Findings, Lessons, and Interdisciplinary Contributions, 177
Afterword, 195
2 Ethnography as a Local Outsider: Dilemmas and Decisions in the Research Process, 17
3 Luta: Everyday Life Struggles in Favelas, 35
4 The Meaning of Favela Media Activism, 57
5 Favela Media Activism and the Formation of Counterpublics, 77
6 The Relationship between NGO Work and Favela Media Activism, 109
7 Agency, Structure, and Interaction: Elements that Shape Favela Media Activism, 133
8 Nuances between Coping and Change: Trajectories to Favela Media Activism, 151
9 Research Outcomes: Findings, Lessons, and Interdisciplinary Contributions, 177
Afterword, 195
