| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 614 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
"A Centennial book"--Half t.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-587) and index. |
| Contents |
O Nordeste: sweetness and death -- Bom Jesus: one hundred years without water -- Reciprocity and dependency: the double ethic of Bom Jesus -- Delírio de Fome: the madness of hunger -- Nervoso: medicine, sickness, and human needs -- Everyday violence: bodies, death, and silence -- Two feet under and a cardboard coffin: the social production of indifference to child death -- (M)other love: culture, scarcity, and maternal thinking -- Our lady of sorrows: a political economy of the emotions -- A knack for life: the everyday tactics of survival -- Carnaval: the dance against death -- De profundis: out of the depths. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Poor women -- Brazil, Northeast.
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Mother and infant -- Brazil, Northeast.
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Infants -- Brazil, Northeast -- Death.
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Violence -- Brazil, Northeast.
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Brazil, Northeast -- Social conditions.
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Brazil, Northeast -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780520075375 (OCoLC)31747115 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb31614 hdl |
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